No, this post is a realization post. See, I hate mother's day. This year especially with the turmoil that our family has gone through. We have had a lot go on. Some good some bad.
But without going into the personal things that our family has gone through, I want to share an intimate thing I have learned in the last week. First let me explain why I hate mother's day.
See, I and my husband have 6 kids. We are a blended family. The last two years that I sat in church on Mother's Day, the pastor honored the oldest mom, the newest mom, the mom with the most kids, etc. Here's my thing with that. What about the woman that miscarried last week? What about the woman that can't give birth to children? While I know in our church it is included that a mom is an adoptive mom, or a step mom, or a biological mom; it still bothers me. So what if I have 6 kids? Does it make me a better mother than a woman with only 1 child? No. It don't. It makes me more stressed out about how everything is going to get done.
Anyhow, this last week, I asked God to help me come to terms with Mother's Day. We knew we weren't going to make it to church because Jeff had to work and with my existing feelings I didn't really want to go. So I stayed home with the kids and watched church on TV. Back to what God did for me. I was reading over some scripture and trying to keep the kiddos at bay, I think it was Friday. We had had a busy week last week with doctor's appointments and school IEPs and such, it was good to have a slow day. In the early evening as I was reading, it struck me that these blessings that I have been blessed with are not mine. These children are God's children not mine. I have no rights to them and I am not entitled to the children being mine. Meaning that they are with me because God has entrusted their care to me. I may not be perfect, but I do my best to keep my eyes on the Father and teach the kids of His love and of what He has done for us. I do this by letting Him shine through me.
So for me, Mother's Day has a new meaning. Instead of focusing on me, I take the time to reflect and relax. See where I can improve and what I need to hand over to God.
1 comment:
It is beautiful how God shows us ourselves isn't it. I am a mother of three grown up girls. One is married and has three boys. The other two are in their thirties and not even dating. But I have looked at Mother's Day like you have, why do they always do the same thing over and over. I have a friend that could not have children, she would not come to church on Mother's Day. We have to be sensitive to those that are not fortunate like we are and we just have to say Thank You Father for the children that you have intrusted to us. Help us to care for them like you would have us too. Right now I am in Florida taking care of my three grandsons because of a situation in my daughters life, with her husband away from home right now. I am from Michigan, and I have been here since May 31, will be here until September 5, I am trying to care like Jesus would. That is what he wants me to do. I want to say "thank you" for sharing how you feel.
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