A JEWISH MOTHER FOR THE AGES
May 11th, 2017, my amazing mom, Janice, would have been 106 years old. I thank God for her every day. She brought me up to esteem others more highly than myself and was my relational role model as a Christian even though she was a Jewish woman. She said “yes ” to the Lord on her death bed at the age of 78. Hallelujah!
When I said yes to the Lord seven years later in 1995, my eyes were opened to the understanding that she had been operating under the Holy Spirit’s leading the whole time she was raising me.
He knows us intimately, far better than we know ourselves. Ephesians 2:10 tells us that “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works that He has prepared BEFOREHAND. that we should walk in them. ” My mom was someone who loved God, loved others and gave her gifts freely. She showed me what being a member of the Body of Christ looks like although she never went to church as a Christian. I am the child of God that I am today because of Jesus’ great love for me and what He did on the Cross. I am the servant of God that I am today in large part because of my mom’s faithfulness, love and Godly wisdom.
The Lord knows us as the called according to His purpose, as His even before we acknowledge Him. When we believe and say yes to Him the relationship is sealed.
Praise God my dad also said yes to the Lord three weeks before his death at 94 in 2008. I know that I will see them both again. God is love. Thank You Jesus for You loved us before we loved You.
Let us give our love freely to our earthly and spiritual mothers today and pray for all those whose eyes are yet to open.
I love you mom. See you soon!
Your son, John Henry