May 12, 2007
The Gift of Mothers – and the Gift of Motherhood
Our Mothers leave an unmistakable image upon us. And their example is carried with us throughout our lives – even after they are gone. Mothers are truly a gift meant to bring us closer to Christ by example.
But there’s another important point sometimes lost in the fun of Mother’s Day: Motherhood is also a gift from God for which we should be very thankful. We read in the Bible that only God can open the womb (Gen 29:31, Gen 30:2, 1 Sam 1:5, Is 44:2, and so on) and that children are always a gift from God. Motherhood is, just as Mothers are, a gift from God that should be celebrated.
If we think through this there are a few certainties: God chooses whom to give a child to. God, for a reason we may not understand, gave each mother on earth a child for a reason. We should celebrate children as a gift, rather than a burden or expense (or something that should be controlled). Mother Teresa once remarked that saying there are too many children in the world is like saying there are too many flowers. Each child is a gift from God that should be cherished as such.
This Mother’s Day, let us celebrate God’s gift of Motherhood as well as God’s gift of Mothers. Each mom can contemplate why God choose to give her the children He did. There are many women who try diligently to have kids and find it physically impossible. But for others, God has given you another gift you can never repay: a miraculous child.
God bless,
Jay
PS - Joe, a writer on this blog and close friend of mine, just had his second child, a little girl named Emma, on Thursday. Our congratulations go to him and his wife, Krista.
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