A Study Of Mom - Jewell Utt

From the start, women enter into the role of Mom with pain, some conflict, and anxiety. To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Genesis 3:16  Now that wasn’t nice, but it’s a fact of life we accept.

Thankfully, we are blessed with the graciousness of memory lapse.  A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. John 16:21 

So all is forgotten and we produce larger families due to the joy of our first child. Just when painful memories have long faded, the door slams open for the teenage years to enter. Our sweet angels have somehow morphed into argumentative Phd’s. Some moms traverse the depths with more grace than others, but we all survive. Again we forget the pain due to the blessings of growth and love.

Mom’s have a special love for their children; they excuse faults, expect change, and magnify the good. Thus, a child grows healthy in the security of mom’s unwavering, unconditional stand. Mom’s are gifted to see promise, overlook wrongs, patiently endure in prayer, and trust God for the results. That’s hope; a quality I gleaned from my mom. Of course this cannot be said of all moms, but the majority began with shining hope for their children.

We can gain wisdom through the study of  our moms.

Memories of Mom

A pioneer among women, that’s how I remember my mom. She came to this country alone to seek a better future for her husband and seven children. As a nurse, she had a vocation that was needed in the US. So she followed the call; against the odds of being a woman, against the judgment of family, against the sorrow of leaving her kids. She knew what all moms know; that promise outweighs pain, conflict, and anxiety. She was rich in hope.

Mom wasn’t perfect so she didn’t produce perfect offspring. Yet she didn’t sweat the small stuff, but always focused on the bigger picture. Love hopes all things. 1Cor 13:7

I choose to honor my mom by emulating her finest quality. Holding on to what is good and letting go of what is not. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; IThess 5:21 

We can utilize lessons from our moms to deal with conflict. It’s all around, in our  nation, communities, churches, and families. Nevertheless, conflict can produce the greatest fruit. Growth, love, awareness, resolution, separation. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Romans 12:9

Thanks Mom for your patience, kindness, godliness, and training. Above all, put on love–the perfect bond of unity. Col 3:14