Thank God For Mom

If I am going to blog about mothers, I should begin by saying that the closest you will get to experiencing God on this earth, is through your mother.  The bond of parent and child amplifies the noble attributes of: patience, tolerance, kindness, forgiveness, and unconditional love.  Think about it, you know “him” or “her”, and they have a face only a mother can love.  I don’t intend to step on toes, I mean; God bless them, and God has blessed them, he deposited them to the earth with a caregiver, full of love and nurture.   Right now, there is a man on death row and guess what?  His mother loves him, a lot.  If anyone is a good person or not so good a person; if they are winning or failing, if they are on the side of right, or clearly in the wrong, their mother will still keep on loving them…just like God.  Right now, there is a 2 dollar whore who is the scorn of her community, friends, and family, and the conclusion of the matter,  her mother loves her and will keep on her loving her till she gets better, or perishes.  She will cherish her in death.

Mothers strive and push, dig and grind, hustle and bustle, and somehow, delay the gratifications of their own needs, to put the bread on the table for the family, for life.  Jesus said that whoever gives a child a cup of cold water will receive his reward in heaven (Matthew 10:42).  What do you suppose mama will receive after years of caring for us while we were still vulnerable and unable to care for ourselves, loving us and feeding our mouths good things to eat?  Could you imagine spotting the food bill for life?  And My Jesus, the way some folks eat that could be a million dollar proposition, not to mention the toilet paper, air freshener, and ungodly odors some of you left in Moms bathroom, after you destroyed her much famed cooking.  For certain there are smells only a mother could tolerate, no one else would invite them back for more, but mothers do.

Some mothers are by birth, and some mothers are made mothers by designation from the hearts of their beloved.  I have known some persons who lacked the rearing from their biological mom, but when I heard there stories there was always a woman somewhere who stepped up, took the responsibility for them, and loved them like their mother would.  A big heart makes a woman become a mother, and for a woman it doesn’t matter that biologically the child isn’t hers. Unconditional   Love is the principle thing.  Mothers are magnanimous by their innate nature; they’re the closest thing to God on this earth.

I am one of those conspiracy theorists who believe that many of our holidays are manufactured to create opportunities for spending for the merchants, but Mothers Day is a valid Holy Day and well worth spending for luxury items, flowers, and dinner.  Mama earned it, I thank God for my mother, she is awfully awesome!  She fears God, works hard, and in every situation is a help in any way that she can be.  She’s followed me everywhere that I’ve ever been, and helped me in everyway imaginable.  This Mothers Day remember these ideas and try to recall a little of your past and the ways Mother have been extremely gracious and good to you.  Think about how you would put your cruddy feet all over her couch and how you would poot her living room up, still she just kept right on loving you.  Remember when you “borrowed” her car after she was sleep and you weren’t supposed to be driving (stealing), and remember when she was out of town how you turned her house into a club and a hotel.  And mother always forgave us didn’t she.  I can’t help but be grateful.  I thank God for Mom and I thank Him for the closest manifestation of His divine attributes on this earth, in the love of a mother.