The question for today was "What can I do to show my mother how much I appreciate her?"
This really got me thinking, "what can I do?" My mom has done so much for me in my life that I can't even begin to figure out what I can do to show her how much I really do appreciate her. She is the one who raised me, the one who rubbed my back when I was sick, held my hand when I was scared, comforted me when I was sad, encouraged me to be my best and loved me no matter what.
My mom is the most loving, compassionate, patient, understanding, giving and selfless woman I know. I am not just saying this because she is my mom, this who she is! I remember when I was pregnant with Thomas & Katelyn it was her birthday and mothers day within a week from each other and I felt so bad because I couldn't go out and find her a nice gift due to the fact I was on complete bed rest. So I decided to make her a memory jar, I sent Robert out to get some pretty note paper and a jar that I could decorate with ribbon. I just remember sitting in bed for days writing wonderful memories of my mom on these little pieces of paper that were in an assortment of rainbow colors. Back then I thought this was a great way to show her how much I appreciate her, but is this enough???
I asked God to show me and I feel in my heart that He is leading me to show her exactly what she has given me my whole life which is love, compassion, patience, understanding, giving and being selfless. To answer the question "what can I do....." the best thing I can do is by lovingly serving my Lord, my God. By serving Him and putting Him first in my life is when I will be able to bare the fruit of the Spirit. My hope is that my mom will be able to see that and feel that in her heart and that when she looks at me that she will be able to get a glimpse of Jesus and how much He loves her. Wanting my mom to have salvation is the best way I can show her that I appreciate her.
My favorite photo of my mom and I
Today's devotion is extra special to me because it was just a few weeks ago when we had a scare that turned out to be nothing but it really made me realize that I am so blessed. I called my mom early one morning since I know my mom wakes up early. I had a feeling of concern for my grandma. When I called my mom she didn't answer so she must have still been sleeping. Like I said I called her early so where else would she be but still asleep. About an hour later I called again and still no answer so I left a message thinking maybe she woke up hopped in the shower and she'll check the message and call me back. My mom is very predictable, my sister and I know her patterns very well. Also my mom works from home so she doesn't have to leave for work and if she went away somewhere she would have told us and again when I called it was too early for her to go run errands or go shopping. Well another hour has gone by and I don't hear a thing. Finally I call my sister and she said she just talked to her the night before and my mom didn't mention going anywhere. My sister said she would stop by her house on the way to work and call me. Upon arriving to her house my sister started to worry because all of the blinds were closed and again being that my mom is so predictable, she always opens the blinds first thing when waking up. My sister called me and told me to call our grandma thinking maybe she had to leave quickly due to my grandma. My grandma was fine and she didn't know where my mom could be. Last resort my sister called the hospital to make sure she didn't go to the ER. She has done this before since she does get tachycardia attacks sometimes, but that was not the case. At this point my sister and I are freaking out thinking did something happen to her and is she in the house. My sister decided to call 911 and when the police showed up as they were about to break down the door my grandma called me ( 3 hours later) saying that she forgot to mention to me when I called that my mom had a meeting that she had to attend for work and she left the house at 5:30 in the morning. Again this is not like my mom to go somewhere this early. We were so relieved that she was safe and just at a meeting. Hopefully she will give my sister a key to her house so next time she can just easily check up on her. Just that feeling that I got that day was devastating, thinking to myself what would I do without my mom, my best friend, the one who I take after.
I just love my mom so much ever since I could remember I never wanted be be away from my mama. When I was in preschool the teachers would have to pry me away from my mom, in high school I still loved hanging out with my mom. We did everything together, we loved going shopping and every week we would make it a point to have dinner and a movie night. We also have so much in common we always say we are like 2 peas in a pod. Even as I am now a mom myself I still feel like I am a little girl who still needs her mama. We are on the phone quite a bit with one another and I still can't believe I live 8 hours away from her. I won't quit talking her into moving up here to Oregon, but I know she can't because she has to be there to help my loving and precious grandma. I now see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree because my grandma is so special to me and I know where my mom gets all her qualities from. I just hope Katelyn will see a glimpse of my grandma and my mom in me one day.
My loving mom, my precious grandma, me & my sweet Katie girlI thank you Father for showing us how deep your love is and for giving me such a special mom. Please help me be the kind of mom my mom was to me to my children.............please bless my mom. I love you Lord!!! In Jesus name...Amen
2 comments:
what a sweet tribute to your mom!
what a joy for your mom to have a daughter who loves and honors her so much!
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