Have you ever thought about Jesus and His mom. On the cross, Jesus is bearing the weight of the sins of the whole world on His shoulders, and yet He sees to it to make sure His mother is taken care of after He is gone! As God, Jesus is dealing with eternal matters, but as a man, He’s showing all of us how important it is to take care and love our mothers! You cannot be wrong with your mother and be right with God. If your mother is still alive, regardless of your ages, you can love her in these 6 ways:
1. Love her Verbally.
Especially men have the philosophy, ‘I don’t have to say I love you, you already know it. I have told you before, if I change my mind I’ll let you know!’ Or, ‘I show love, not just say it’ That may be true, but a woman needs to hear those words, “I Love You!”
2. Love her Physically.
When’s the last time you gave her a big hug with out her asking for it…or a kiss on the cheek, or a neck rub, or just sat on the couch and held her for a change? She’s the first person who ever touched you…she wrapped you up in her womb for months, and you came out and her first priority was to hold you. She cuddled you, stroked your head, rubbed your feet, held your little cheeks against her, gave you a finger to grasp. She deserves to be loved with a touch.
3. Love her Patiently.
Mothers have an incredible job with no pay. No position in the business world compares to the physical, emotional, and spiritual commitment she has in motherhood. Just because she’s tender to your needs is no reason to take advantage of her. It’s a reason to be patient and to love her all the more!
4. Love her Attentively.
Mothers listen as you pour out your heart. She has a sympathetic ear, always has. Even as an adult you’ve gone to her when you want someone who will really listen and understand. She’ll always be on your side. One day a father sat his children down and said, “you all are living the best days of your life right now, because you have your children and your parents.” It caused them to realize 2 truths: one about their parents, and how they won’t always have them. And another about their children.
5. Love her Generously.
There’s nothing too good for her. We could never repay her, but we ought to die trying before she dies! She didn’t spend on herself unless all your needs were met. She could easily do without, and now it’s time for her to have something she wants!
6. Love her Honorably.
Exodus 20:12 commands ‘Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.’ This is binding as long as your mother lives. Another command says ‘Children, obey.’ This is non-binding when you leave home. But “honor” is lasts a lifetime. But what if a mother isn’t honorable! Well, the Bible says nothing about that qualification. It only asks, is she your mother? By the way, it’s the only one of the 10 commandments which includes a built-in promise of blessing!
Lord, help us never to be too busy for mom. If You [Jesus] could take time and great effort for her on the cross in Your death, help us to love her while we have her in our life!
You can read another article of mine for moms: Tribute to all moms