A day to Remember our Moms

[Sower]

 

A Day to Remember our Thoughts of MOM

 

[Ani Tefillah]

When your own mother persecute you because you are living a Godly life in the LORD, you can only pray for her....and hope that she will come to her senses one day, repent and get saved and born again. 

[missmuffet]

4 hours ago, Sower said:

 

A Day to Remember our Thoughts of MOM

 

To some those would be good memories to some maybe not such good memories. 

[Sower]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

To some those would be good memories to some maybe not such good memories. 

I think I understand.   I was blessed with a Godly mom.  My dad the opposite.
She stuck it out for a half century with an alcoholic husband, my dad.
Was extremely hard on her, but she worked, fed and clothed, and loved, the seven of us kids.
Old school tough woman!
Memories of my dad were not good. Later after his passing, I learned why he drank to ease his pains.
They say everybody is fighting some kind of inner battle.
Many dealing  with their pain, cause pain to those they love.
I made peace with my dad after he died. Talking to his empty chair.
I concentrate on the few good things I remember.

 That real forgiveness stuff works..

 

[missmuffet]

7 minutes ago, Sower said:

I think I understand.   I was blessed with a Godly mom.  My dad the opposite.
She stuck it out for a half century with an alcoholic husband, my dad.
Was extremely hard on her, but she worked, fed and clothed, and loved, the seven of us kids.
Old school tough woman!
Memories of my dad were not good. Later after his passing, I learned why he drank to ease his pains.
They say everybody is fighting some kind of inner battle.
Many dealing  with their pain, cause pain to those they love.
I made peace with my dad after he died. Talking to his empty chair.
I concentrate on the few good things I remember.

 That real forgiveness stuff works..

 

That is a good Christian way to look at it. 

[missmuffet]

“If we had more Christian mothers, we would have less delinquency, less immorality, less ungodliness and fewer broken homes.” Billy Graham

[Marathoner]

2 hours ago, Sower said:

I think I understand.   I was blessed with a Godly mom.  My dad the opposite.
She stuck it out for a half century with an alcoholic husband, my dad.
Was extremely hard on her, but she worked, fed and clothed, and loved, the seven of us kids.
Old school tough woman!
Memories of my dad were not good. Later after his passing, I learned why he drank to ease his pains.
They say everybody is fighting some kind of inner battle.
Many dealing  with their pain, cause pain to those they love.
I made peace with my dad after he died. Talking to his empty chair.
I concentrate on the few good things I remember.

 That real forgiveness stuff works..

 

It does, brother. After my father and mother passed, I reflected upon life under their roof. 

When I was very young my father was prone to fits of rage, and I'll never forget how he beat my mother. He would do the same to other men as well, and I witnessed some of that. Later on, after befriending more than one Vietnam vet (and serving with some, too) the connection clicked and the obvious hit me like a ton of bricks: my father served in Vietnam, too. He wasn't allowed to talk about what he did during Vietnam with anyone.

I can only imagine what he went through. About a decade after he came home from Vietnam, my father changed. The rage and violence disappeared, and so I believe the man he truly was emerged. He repented of what he had done in tears, and became a kind and loving father.

My mother was a mystery until she passed away. That was when I learned how her own father mercilessly beat her if she made the slightest mistake. I can only imagine what this did to her, coupled with how my father battered her when I was very young. By the time I was four, my mother beat me if I made the slightest mistake, like knocking over a drink glass. It only made sense after she passed away.

She despised me, but the Lord told me to let go of the hurt and pain, and forgive her. Keeping it alive is a root of bitterness. 

So that's what I did. I let it go and I have forgiven my mother. Happy Mother's Day, mom.

[Ani Tefillah]

47 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

It does, brother. After my father and mother passed, I reflected upon life under their roof. 

When I was very young my father was prone to fits of rage, and I'll never forget how he beat my mother. He would do the same to other men as well, and I witnessed some of that. Later on, after befriending more than one Vietnam vet (and serving with some, too) the connection clicked and the obvious hit me like a ton of bricks: my father served in Vietnam, too. He wasn't allowed to talk about what he did during Vietnam with anyone.

I can only imagine what he went through. About a decade after he came home from Vietnam, my father changed. The rage and violence disappeared, and so I believe the man he truly was emerged. He repented of what he had done in tears, and became a kind and loving father.

My mother was a mystery until she passed away. That was when I learned how her own father mercilessly beat her if she made the slightest mistake. I can only imagine what this did to her, coupled with how my father battered her when I was very young. By the time I was four, my mother beat me if I made the slightest mistake, like knocking over a drink glass. It only made sense after she passed away.

She despised me, but the Lord told me to let go of the hurt and pain, and forgive her. Keeping it alive is a root of bitterness. 

So that's what I did. I let it go and I have forgiven my mother. Happy Mother's Day, mom.

It is so important to forgive them. 

[branchesofHim]

5 hours ago, Sower said:

I was blessed with a Godly mom.

My mother showed me Jesus all of my life. She showed me the true character of God. Good post. Shalom

[Starise]

One thing that really mean't a lot to me at my church yesterday was our pastor recognized ALL the women there.

Many times we forget many women intended to have children and could not be mothers for one reason or another. 

I will never forget looking over at my wife in our last church as mothers were all asked to stand so flowers could be distributed to them in honor of mother's day. She was crying.

PLEASE remember to recognize ALL women on mother's day. 

My wife wanted children but it wasn't in the Lord's plan for her. She is a step mother now and acts as a mother to my children. I must say she is a better example of motherhood than my ex wife who decided to run off and for a time left me with the kids.

If you never had children, just know the Lords loves you no less.

Edited May 10, 2022 by Starise