No Greater Love
My children each came over with their families to visit and honor me for Mother’s Day. I was both embarrassed and humbled by their show of love in the way of cards and gifts. I read each card and tried to hold back the tears, to think they chose that card with the sentiment inside just for me. It brought me joy, for I am truly greatly blessed.
During the day my thoughts turned to the friend I had who lost her only child, and what Mother’s Day must now mean for her. After church I thought of the family on the prayer list whose child is fighting cancer and who’s mother is wishing she will have more mother days with this child as she keeps the bedside vigil.
Although Mary, the mother of Jesus, had other children we must think of her and how she must have suffered watching her precious son die for the sins of the people who rejected him and nailed him to the cross.
The Bible tells us there is no greater love than the love of God. This was written for us in John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
As parents, as we are not always popular with our children, especially when discipline must be inacted. Grounding, taking away the cell phone, or doing extra chores are important to help our children grow to their full potential. They must be taught there is a consequence to every action they take, and to help them make good choices in their life. Whether they realize it or not, this is how we show our love to them, by not being necessarily their best friend, but parents who love them and want to raise them in the fear and admonition of the Lord.
We as writers are very good at writing about unrealistic love in our fantasies and stories. But the reality is, love comes in many forms including death on the cross. Let us be conscious of how we portray love in the future and thereby letting people know love is there for the asking for everyone just by saying a simple prayer.