A Tribute to Moms

I suppose y'all know it by now, but I have a warm place in my heart for Mary the Mother of Jesus. I doubt it if there was ever a mother who was more patient and kind than Yeshua's imma.

     "Hold on a minute," I can hear you say, but let me continue : ). Sure I know her patience must have only rarely been tested while Jesus was growing up. (Maybe it was a challenge to keep him out of those big vessels of oil and wheat, when he was learning to walk, who knows?) But I would give her a tiara for being the Best Mother not because of who she was, but who she got to live with. With such a sweet and cheery little fellow in the house don't you think she was continually striving to be just a little bit more worthy to care for Him, and it would have spread around to those she had contact with, especially His little brothers and sisters who sometimes were really quite naughty!

  Okay, let's strive to also be worthy of being in touch with Him... and here is a poem in tribute to  Moms.      

MOTHER'S

A message to the young

In her cupped hand

She holds your heart;

Holding it gently

From the start.

She sees such beauty in the clay

And tenderly fashions it

Day by day.

No artist could

More careful be

Then the mother who cares

Most lovingly.

And if perchance

You make mistakes

And your poor vessel

Cracks and breaks

She'll gather the pieces

Though scattered and sharp

And mend them with prayers

That comes from the heart.

But mothers, as potters,

Are clumsy and weak;

Their touch, though imperfect

Is of love strong and deep.

Her hands are enfolded 

In God's Hands kind and strong

That will temper her efforts
All your life long.

Marilyn Friesen

  Don't forget! Mary's Diary, the Life of Jesus through His Mother's Eyes, is now available from Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and elsewhere : ) A Second Edition with a bright new cover will be available from Tate Publishing...if you want to wait that long!