Mothers

When God created Eve he gave her the physical ability to carry a child in her womb. He made her fertile and beautiful so her husband could not resist her loveliness. He made her kind, soft and strong so she could be his support and his calming breeze. 

He made her caring, loving and emotionally strong and dependable so she can  be the carrier of her husband AND her children. God had no mother because he was and will be forever, so mother’s are His unique brainchild. They are made with precision and care. They are not little birthing machines but are holistically and  beautifully made. 

Being a mother is a beautiful gift for any woman. You may not know the wonder of it until you become one. Everything in your brain changes. You no longer think about yourself first. Your life is no longer yours alone. It belongs to your child. You think, breath and live for your baby. There is nothing like the love of a mother. She is like a sheepdog that runs next to, behind and ahead of the child to see if it’s safe and to guide it along. She is like a super hen that opens her wings and keeps her chicks safe under her wings, she is like a lioness that grabs her babies behind the neck and carries them away from danger if  they can’t walk fast enough. She is like a wild cat if anyone dares to harm her children in any way. 

Once her children have grown up her mother-love needs to evolve. She needs to trust that her work is done and give her child the space to be themselves.  Believing that the values she taught and lived will be engrained in her children’s DNA . That their faith and character will grow like beautiful trees who will again give shade to theta in the world and to again be the mothers abd fathers of their children. 

Lettting her children leave the nest does not mean that she no longer cares for them and that they are now all alone. It merely means that her love is carried by her prayers through every challenge that comes their way. They may not make the choices that she would have made but she stands by them through those too. 

Accepting the partners of her children into her heart is a new phase and a new gift in her life. A gift is different to something you made. You can value and adore it but you need to accept it’s background and where and how it was made to understand it. A partner of your child is more than an object it’s the person your child  chose and loves. He or she is therefore your child too because the partner loves your child the same way back. The new child may not want to sit under your wing but if you are a friend and carer it will sense  your kindness and be relaxed in your company.

A mother’s heart is as big as a taxi. There is always space for one more. Opening our hearts for the new  partners is the beginning. The children that will make her a grandmother will ALL have a special places in her heart. 

For mother’s who do not carry and birth a child themselves but adopt a baby the same feelings of love and care appear. The smell and feeling of the baby make them bond with the child in a very special way and even if the child is older the mother heart melts for the new child in its care. God made little girls to love caring for little sweet things. They literally fall in love with the adopted children and cannot think of them as belonging to someone else. It would break their heart if someone would claim them as theirs. Mothers of adopted children have a special angel light in their hearts. Thank you to my mom in law who adopted four beautiful children. Without her love I would never have my own babies with her lovely adopted son.

Thank you to both my mothers  for your love and strength to give me the love and strength to be a mother for my gorgeous children and  married children. I love you even if you are not on this earth anymore.

I mostly thank God that He has given me the wonderful gift of motherhood and that I can be His humble and caring servant in this role. I pray and thank him that he will bless my daughters with this beautiful gift too. 

He knows the best match. He even created a very special woman to be the mother of His son Jesus. Her name was Mary and she grew up in Gethsemane a small town in Israel. She must have been the most beautiful, most caring and strongest woman in this world because he chose her at that time exactly. He created her with the purpose of  carrying His son into this world and to bringing up His son with so much love and care. When Jesus was “lost” in Jerusalem when he was 12 years old she nearly freaked out and asked him why did he do this. His answer my father’s home is not in this world, must have been very annoying and strange to her. He said things she couldn’t understand but she believed in Him as the Son of God. Like the angels had proclaimed, She told the servants to do what he says because she knew that he could do miracles. She knew in her heart that He was not the normal child. He was the Sin of God who belonged not in mit to her but to the entire World. For God so loved the world that he gave his only son. When Jesus died. Mary stood by his side. She cried and was devastated. Imagine your son hanging on a cross. Dying in such a terribly in humane way. 

The special bond between Jesus and his mother  became even more evident when he told John to take care of his mom. And his mom to take care of his beloved disciple John. In the midst of his agony he still cared for her. What a lovely relationship they had! 

This lovely relationship between a mother and her child is planned long before we were born and continues long after we die. The bond of love endures for ever. 

Thank you God for the gift of motherhood. 

And Jesus said:Woman this is your son and Son this is your mother. Take care of of each other. 

Amen.