I made it to the twitter party for a bit on Thursday and it was so nice to catch up. This weeks' One Word Prompt comes as no real surprise... let's jump right in!
This is Five Minute Friday (- a five minute timed free write) and our One Word Prompt for the day is: MOM
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"Your children don't have to come from you; they just have to come THROUGH you." ~ "Time" in Collateral BeautyI know, I know... it's Mother's Day weekend and so we should have seen this prompt coming, right?
I am one of the romantics... I love me a holiday with a theme and to celebrate being a Mom gives me all the feels. We don't go big in the spending nor do we get caught up in all the commercialism of it all -but give me a day spent with family, with words of affirmation, and maybe a bit of patio sitting in a garden, sipping on something yummy and you are giving me a gift. On any day --but especially on Mother's Day!
This year - well, this year my own Girlie is round with child and while Lil Miss doesn't arrive until September, oh my goodness -what a joy it is to see my Only blossom into a Mama!
But here's the thing:
She has mothered for many years now.
She takes after her Mama and we pour out love and we encourage and believe strongly in the ministry of hugs and cheering you on and of long talks over coffee or tea.
I have said it before, but whether life has been Birthed from Within Your Womb, or Built from the Overflow of Your Heart, it's what Spills Out from Between Your Lips that Creates a Bond... a Pouring Out and Filling Up and Loving Anyway; A Grace Shower, a Forgiveness Offering, & a Holding On While Letting Go through it all...
I have been blessed with an amazing Mom - but my mothering has not been limited to her alone! Some of the best Mothers in my life didn't Birth me, but they did help to Birth Something IN me!
I believe that as much as we talk of the Father Heart of God, there is also a Maternal Heart of God. We are, after all, made in His image -both male and female.
I don't know about you - but the nurturing, calming yet fierce, protective love of God that covers us and that fights for us reminds me a lot of a Mama's heart!
I believe we are all called to Mother... even if not all of us are ever called, "Mom!"
I realize as much as I love all the celebrating, this weekend is hard on many. Grieving and hiding out takes place all around us and we may not notice, but oh how I hope we do...
If you are honored to be loved on and mothered by someone who maybe doesn't openly wear the title of Mom --at least not the title of Your Mom... I pray you reach out and honor her. Send her a text or thank her for how she loves you. Tell her how much you appreciate how she encourages, prays for, and speaks life and truth into you!
We are all mothers... and we all mother.
It all counts, my friends!
And oh how we need each other!
This is no heavy burden.
I can almost sense the Young Mamas feeling pressure to do even MORE now... but no - this is not about more - this is about intentionally mothering both the big and the little all around you. This is about how it really does take a Village or a Tribe. This is about the Family that we are grafted into and oh my goodness, how we have a Good, Good Father (and Mother) in heaven who leads the way and shows us how to Be Love!
This is about honoring those who love us well, and celebrating those whom we love!
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May we tap into the Maternal Heart of God this weekend, and share the love... His Love... to those around us.
May we be mindful of how and who we pour into and mother along the way, and may we be thankful and gracious to those who love and pour into us as well!
May we be mindful of how and who we pour into and mother along the way, and may we be thankful and gracious to those who love and pour into us as well!
Linking up with Kate Motaung and the #fmfparty Community today. Five Minute Fridays gives us the chance to dive right in and share what He puts on our hearts! Click HERE to read what others have to say about: "MOM"
I'm also linking up with the lovely writer communities linked below:
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE LORD SPOKE TO ME REGARDING SABBATH REST AND I TURNED MY 31 DAYS SERIES INTO AN EBOOK ON AMAZON. IF YOU ARE FINDING YOURSELF IN NEED OF REST (WHICH --WHO ISN'T, REALLY?) CHECK OUT THIS SHORT, DAILY DEVOTIONAL 31 DAYS OF RESTING IN GOD ...IT'S EASIER/HARDER THAN YOU THINK!
YOU CAN PURCHASE IT BY CLICKING HERE OR GRABBING IT FROM THE SIDE BAR TO THE RIGHT IF REST IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOU NEED, BUT JUST KEEP PUTTING OFF!
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE LORD SPOKE TO ME REGARDING SABBATH REST AND I TURNED MY 31 DAYS SERIES INTO AN EBOOK ON AMAZON. IF YOU ARE FINDING YOURSELF IN NEED OF REST (WHICH --WHO ISN'T, REALLY?) CHECK OUT THIS SHORT, DAILY DEVOTIONAL 31 DAYS OF RESTING IN GOD ...IT'S EASIER/HARDER THAN YOU THINK! YOU CAN PURCHASE IT BY CLICKING HERE OR GRABBING IT FROM THE SIDE BAR TO THE RIGHT IF REST IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOU NEED, BUT JUST KEEP PUTTING OFF!
Thanks for the reminder, Karrilee. It's so true that a lot of mothering takes place, whether the biological link is there or not.
ReplyDeleteSome mothers birth you, and some birth something in you...wow, Karrilee, thank you for this!
ReplyDeleteYou've changed my paradigm. I did not have a good childhood, and 'mother' was something of a loaded word, but you have opened my eyes.
#1 at FMF this week.
http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-dying-spouse-309-never-go-full.html
Oh friend, Thank You! It helps to have perspective and think of the gifts that have been given us even if we don't hold that title of Mom. I am thankful for all those I get to mother in my own way and for those who mother me. Relishing in love and time with friends today--people who always love me for me. I'm in the #7 spot this week.
ReplyDeleteYes, it all does count! Happy Mother's Day!
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