Our Dear Mother

And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20

Along with the less than flattering position of being the first to fall for the serpent's deceit, Eve had a better title: Mother of all living. We don't really know much about Eve; and yet we do, for I believe that Eve is represented in all those mothers down through the centuries who have loved us when we were unlovable. Our dear mothers get this trait from Eve who of course got it from God.

Eve probably loaded up Cain with all manner of things to help him get started away from home. My mother did the same for me when I left for college. Even as Eve mourned Abel, she could not help but love the unlovable murderer Cain, who was still her firstborn son. Do I know this for sure? No, but like you, I have seen mother in action.

Cain wailed to the Lord that his punishment was too great for him to bear; that anyone would kill him given the chance. Could it be that Cain said this because he caught a glimpse of Adam striding toward him with rage in his eyes? In this case, God stood between Cain and the anger of all those men who would murder the murderer. God gave this trait to mothers because many is the time that a mother has stood in the breach between father and son. It may be years later that we learn how the wrath of father was deflected, the lowering boom stopped in the nick of time by our dear mother who put her love in the path of terrible retribution. Like with Cain, the wrath of father was probably well deserved, but it wasn't going to happen with mother standing there.

Mothers, wives, and grandmothers: many a man has been saved by the quiet wisdom of mother. Sometimes with us action comes before thought, and it is the quiet words of warning from mother that at times stop a man from really screwing up. Those other times cause the quiet reflection, "I should have listened to mother." Look with your eyes and see, some of God's best He put into mother.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom, and to all the mothers out there in this world.

Bucky