MOTHER

MOTHER

MOTHER

M= Many roles, many responsibilities.

A mother cleans the house, washes the clothes, cooks the meals, drives the children around and takes care of the family. A mother is also a friend, and counselor. You have many responsibilities in the family. How busy is a mother! From morning till late night, you are very busy around the house.

I think a mother is like a superwoman. You can do many things at one time. Do you agree with me? You are special and precious because of this.

You are also holding many roles, wearing many hats. You are someone’s wife, someone’s daughter, someone’s sister, someone’s aunt. Some mothers are also somebody’s employee or somebody’s boss.

Truly there is no one like a mother who can do so many things at one time.

O = One and only

We only have one mother in our lifetime. We can have god-mothers and step-mothers, mothers-in-law but we can only have one mother and be only one mother to our children.

A mother is precious. You are precious because there is only one  like you and you cannot be replaced.

T  = Tender

The mother’s heart is the tenderest of all the hearts on earth.

The story is told in the Bible about King Solomon, the wisest man on earth. There is no such man as wise as Solomon since his time because one night in a dream God appeared to him and asked him what he wanted. He said he wanted wisdom to rule his country because he was young and he had a great nation of people to take care. God gave him his wish. One day 2 woman came to him with their babies. One mother held a dead baby and the other a live one. Both were prostitutes. Both were fighting over the baby that was alive.

The mothers told the king that one night they had given birth to babies at the same time but one of them rolled over the baby and the baby died. So to which mother belongs the baby that was alive? Both were fighting to claim the baby. Suddenly the wise king asked to bring a sword. He said “Cut the baby into 2 and gave one half to each of the mothers!” Immediately the real mother cried “No give him to the other woman. Don’t let him die” At the moment King Solomon knew who the real mother was.

H = Heart

Have you heard about the mother who protected her daughter from robbers so that she could run away to save herself? The mother was attacked by robbers while jogging with her daughter. She told her daughter to run and get help. Meanwhile the robbers stabbed her to death. They thought she carried money but actually she was not. Her daughter was saved from the robbers because she asked her daughter to run away.

Have you heard of Angelina Jolie who decided to have her breasts removed due to an 80% chance of getting breast cancer when she did not have it yet? Angelina said that she did it so that she could live longer to see her children grow up and to see her grandchildren.

There is a story of the China earthquake. Rescuers found a dead woman holding up the falling house. Beneath her is a basket containing a small baby. Next to the baby a hand phone with the message “If you survive you must remember that I love you” The baby was rescued but the mother died protecting him.

How can we describe a mother’s heart? She will give all of herself, even her own life, to save her family members. This is your heart, a big and sacrificial heart.

E = Eveready

How many of you mothers remember the time when your children come to you and ask you to help them sew their buttons? How many of you remember when your children come to you with cuts and burns? How many of you will quickly get the needle or the medicine for your children.

You are always there to help your children even when you don’t know how to help them.

R = Role model with Real Love

We are like a role models in our family.

If your mother constantly do charitable works and give to others of her money and her resources, you will also teach your children to be giving like her. If your mother loves animals and treat them well, you will most likely allow your children to keep pets in your home.

If your mother is a lawyer or businesswoman, you will most likely follow in her footsteps. If your mother is very clean, chances are you will also want your children to be very clean. If your mother likes to eat vegetables or is a vegetarian you will also cook a lot of vegetables for your family.

As a mother our job is very important, to be a good role model for our children and a good example for them to follow.

A mother is the only one person in the world who truly understands her children. We are the only person in the world who will accept our children as they are. We gave birth to them, nursed them and brought them up. 

Cleaned their poop, shower them, gave them breast-milk, spent sleepless nights taking care of them , accompanied them in hospitals, cried over them when they broke their legs or arms, went with them on their  first day in school, put cold towels on their heads when you have raging fever…a mother truly cannot be replaced. 

Her heart is full of REAL LOVE.

Happy Mother’s Day.