Greetings Fairy Followers,Just yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day. That Hallmark holiday where we take time to specifically celebrate all that mom has done. Taking time to look back at moms got me thinking about moms in scripture. They weren't all perfect...and that's putting it mildly.
Eve, well, she committed the first sin and then had to watch one son of hers kill the other.
Rebecca, helped her son Jacob learn how to lie, because she loved him better than her other son, Esau.
Jochebed, put her son in a basket and set him afloat.
These moms are just a few of the all-too human examples in scripture. Even Mary, the vaunted mother of our Lord, was only human. I'm sure she had her moments of frustration with her children for it was her first son who was born with the ability to be perfect, not her.
What's the moral of the story you ask? It is simply this. There are days when we are convinced that our mothers live only to pour into our lives things we can later pour out to our therapists. So, the next time you have reached the breaking point with your mom, just remember that she is doing the best she knows how.
Blessings, The B.D.F.
