{"id":4139,"date":"2020-04-15T13:19:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T18:19:17","slug":"a-mothers-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/15\/a-mothers-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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April 26, is my mom\u2019s birthday, she would have been 88, but God took her home five years ago. Mom was not perfect, although she was a perfectionist. She was an extremely clean person and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that.<\/h6>\n
Mom loved her family, and her Jesus! She never met a stranger and if you were in her presence for more than a minute, she would know everything about you before the conversation was over. And would pray for you no matter where she was.<\/h6>\n
You see mom was called by God when she was just a little girl to point others to Jesus. In fact, a pastor prayed over her when she about six years old and said, \u201cLord make her your prophetess.\u201d She went home and told her mama that he said, \u201cMake her his property.\u201d Which I guess is just as good! LOL!<\/h6>\n
Of course, life had its difficult times and down right ugly times and mom certainly survived those times. She came, so close, to death, many times throughout her life, but God always brought her through. Mom lived by faith and was faithful to God and her family.<\/h6>\n
She had a wonderful sense of humor, was an excellent swimmer, cook, seamstress and artist.<\/h6>\n
She read her bible every day, quoted scripture chapter and verse and prayed like there was no tomorrow!<\/h6>\n
From coffee girl, to payroll supervisor, to Pastor of the Holy Church of God in Tampa, Florida, to Evangelist all over the U.S., to Angel of Heaven\u2026<\/h6>\n
It wasn\u2019t until after she left this world for heaven that I began to understand many of the things she told me, was right, and I could see how she lived her life was the way I wanted to live mine. Isn\u2019t that usually the way of things? I do understand so much better now, that she did love me, she did accept me, and I am proud and so glad to have had her as my mother!!!<\/h6>\n
If you have a mother who loves you but think she doesn\u2019t\u2026I\u2019ll tell you, she does! Being a mom is difficult. There is no instruction book that can tell you how to be a mother\u2026Oh there are books, but you don\u2019t learn how to be a mother from a book\u2026 being a mother seems almost impossible at times\u2026you get weary and tired but you keep going. You get lonely when the kids are all grown and living their own lives, but that\u2019s how it\u2019s supposed to be\u2026so don\u2019t hold it against your mom if you don\u2019t see eye to eye on things\u2026one day she\u2019ll be gone and you\u2019ll wish you had her back, if for nothing else than just someone to disagree with you!!!<\/h6>\n
Trust me, I know it\u2019s difficult. I know you want to run away at times. I know you want to scream I\u2019M AN ADULT! Her words echo back to you, \u201cThen act like one!\u201d LOL!<\/h6>\n
In her eyes you will always be your mommy\u2019s, little boy\/girl. And think about this\u2026your kids will feel the exact same way about you!! So, show a little grace to your mom and you\u2019ll get the same!<\/h6>\n
Sometimes you just have to love your moms from a distance and that\u2019s OK too! But love them! Because without them you wouldn\u2019t be here!<\/h6>\n
Good, bad, or indifferent\u2026our mothers are who carried us for nine months, bore us with great pain and watched us grow with all of our trials and tribulations, and hoped beyond hope that we would survive!! She\u2019s cried over you, prayed over you until her tongue hung out\u2026she\u2019s worried and sacrificed time, energy, money, and loved you with all her strength. Even when you didn\u2019t love her back\u2026she would give her life for you! A mother\u2019s love is the closest love to God\u2019s that you will ever know! Even when it doesn\u2019t feel like it! At least that\u2019s how it is for me! I love my kids all of them and I am so very proud that my mom left a legacy, passed on to the next generations. I love you Mom, one day I will see you again! Until that time\u2026I want my kids to know that I love them with all my heart, now and forever!<\/h6>\n
Thanks, Mom, for being my Mother!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill – April 15, 2020<\/h6>\n
Ephesians 6:1-3 The Passion Translation (TPT)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Children, if you want to be wise, listen to your parents and do what they tell you, and the Lord[a<\/a>]<\/sup> will help you.<\/em><\/h6>\n
2\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>For the commandment, \u201cHonor your father and your mother,\u201d was the first of the Ten Commandments with a promise attached: 3\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cYou will prosper[b<\/a>]<\/sup> and live a long, full life if you honor your parents.\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
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