On this day that the world has set aside to honor Mothers
I would like to consider the Others
Those who want to be mothers but can’t
Those who are mothers but no longer have any evidence to
prove it
Those who lost their mothers
Those Others
Who feel pain and sadness on this day when Mothers are being
celebrated
Who wish they could sleep through this entire day and wake
up when it’s over
Who feel they will scream if one more person says “Happy
Mother’s Day”
Who can’t see what is so happy about Mother’s Day
To those Others I have a message
You are not alone
There are Others who share your hurt and your pain
But more than this
There is One who understands your sorrow
And is willing and able to wipe away all your tears
And feelings of unworthiness
He loves you with an everlasting love
And compassion beyond
human comprehension
And even though you may not feel it
He is with you
In your darkest moments
In the midst of your storms
Through your loneliest nights
He sees the truth behind the fake smile
And He is ready to surround you with His love and comfort
If you would only let Him
You are worth more to Him than rubies
Your value is found in your identity in Him
You are chosen and dearly loved by Him
His plans are to give you hope and a future
He is able to turn your mourning into dancing
Your trial into a testimony
So fix your focus on Him
And as His love fills your life
Let it overflow into the lives of Others
That single mother who is struggling to make ends meet
That older mother whose children are no longer around
That child who is in dire need of a real Mother
That Other who is experiencing the same pain that you overcame
Isaiah 54:1 – “Sing, barren women, you who never bore a
child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labour; because
more are the children of a desolate woman than of her who has a husband” says
the Lord
Psalm 30:5b – “Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing
comes in the morning”
Psalm 42:11 – “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so
disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior
and my God.”
