MOTHERS DAY
: A CELEBRATION OF LONG LIFE
Every year the world celebrates
Mothers Day. Today's Mothers Day
celebration comes in different
ways. But before anything else, let us offer
this prayer to all of those who are regarded as mother by giving birth
and to those who became mother by duties and responsibilities.
Lord God, we thank you for your
goodness. We thank you for your great love which drifted down to us through our
beloved mothers. Thank you for the mother figures that we have now in our very
own family. They have sustained and
unfailingly nurtured us the kind of love you have shown to the world. Through
them, the accounts of Your greatness printed in our hearts. We ask you dear God
to bless all of them. Bless the wonders of their works. Because of them
You are glorified in our family. Because
of them your peace is with us in our
family. Great is our indebtedness to them. May this single celebration
that we commit to practice every year is a gesture of deep heartfelt
gratitude of their great works on us. In as much as no
amount of efforts we can offer in
exchange trying to repay them, Your blessing of happiness, comfort, healing,
satisfaction, and life's fulfillment we ask in their favor for all the rest of
their lives. May You grant them these blessings for the reparation of damages
they sustained making us all your worthy
children and people of God. Amen.
Truly, celebrating mothers day is
very important. The world of yesterday would not become the world of today without our
mothers. They are the light of the family, the light of the world and an able helpmate of our father. No perfect family exist without a mother.
Even in the event of losing a physical mother, family continues with somebody
acting as mother figure. That is why we have a colloquial word
"Momandad" to signify a super Dad assuming a mother figure.
Mothers day is a celebration of
heroism, faith, love and Martyrdom, success and prosperity. Mothers Day from
the history became a unifying figure for
the cause of peace in America. It is also a celebration associated with the movement of faith calling faithfuls in Europe to return to
the mother church. Ethiopians celebrated
mothers day as a gathering of songs and festivities. Americans and countries in
the world celebrate mothers day by
pampering mothers like giving day offs, giving presents and flowers, etc .
Later mothers day celebration become a
holiday of consumer spending in honor to them.
Today, mothers day celebration is
highly customized with a common goal of offering a happy presents to the
mothers of the family be it mother by birth or mother by assuming their duties
and responsibilities. Some celebrates it with memorable mother treats of
surprises. Others celebrate it in greetings all over the world using
technology.
Regardless of celebration model
they employ, it is important that we
celebrate it with joy, thanks giving and genuine tribute to the goodness of our mother by
responding to the commandment of God in Deuteronomy 5 :16 " Honor your
father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may
be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is
giving you." Mothers day celebration is a celebration of long life as
God has promised in the Bible.
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