Good 'n Happy Mother's Day Sunday! Today is the day we celebrate Mom. Did you know that the only man to ever be born without a mom is given credit for original sin? Even Cain had a mom and he was a murderer, but we aren't guilty of Cain's sin at birth, only Adam's. Jesus had a mom and we honor her over all women in history. The worst men to have walked the earth have all had moms; whether their mothers acknowledged them or not after their heinous acts is not known. However mean or nasty a man might be in life, we are not charged with his sin, but the one man born without a mother gives us our need for salvation. I'm thinking there could be some kind of connection there...
Yes, many a son or daughter has benefited from the instruction of a godly mother. While each of us may stray from the path of godliness in life, from the Christian upbringing our mothers gave us we know where to return when at the bottom in life. Many a mom has faithfully taken a son or daughter to church each week, only to see that child become a prodigal. The good thing about the prodigal story is that the son does return home when he learns the error of his ways. Pray for those prodigals out there giving their mothers extra worry and grief; it's time for them to come home.
I'm trying my best to have the patience of a mother this morning. The cat dumped his planter last night. It's cute when he knows that he messed up, but can't quite reconcile his desire to hide from my wrath with his hunger in the morning. The cat tries to hide on the stairs about three steps down from his food bowl; close enough to keep an eye on the bowl, but far enough to be out of reach. Actually, I knew when I bought the planter and grew his cat grass in it that sooner or later he would try to climb in and upset the planter. A little potting soil to clean up, and all is good again.
What did your mother do for you yesterday? You're grown and mom lives hundreds of miles away? I'll bet she remembered you in prayer yesterday. Children are never far from a mother's thoughts and prayers, especially the prodigals who might be hiding just three steps down or the ornery ones putting a little paw on top of her fingers while she tries to type a message - like the other cat is doing to me right now. Hmm, examples of the wrong kind of child behavior abound in my house this morning; must be my penance for my years of ornery and prodigal behavior!
Happy Mother's Day to all of our moms on this bright, sunny morning!
Bucky
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