Communication Part II: Celebrating Mother’s Day
Welcome back! This Sunday we as a culture celebrate our moms. That’s just a good day all around. Moms are worthy to be honored and celebrated. They carried you in their body for 9 months then fed you, cleaned you and taught you when you couldn’t do these things for yourself. Yep, we need to have a day that says, “mom, we love you and appreciate you for being our biggest cheerleader ever!” Agree? Good! As we continue our focus on communication, I wanted to give you a few simple tips to honor your mom this weekend.
Tip #1: Communicate - Tell her you love and appreciate her and why. Buy her a card, and write extra words inside (other than the ones that were there when you bought it.)
Tip #2: Exchange - Sacrifice financially for her, like she did for you for so many years. Find out what she really desires and then go get it. When you give it to her, be sure you reiterate why you appreciate her. This is important. It’s communication.
Check out this scripture: “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” - Ephesians 6:2-3 (NKJV)
There is actually a strategy that God built into this HONOR commandment for Moms and Dads. Yep, I said it, commandment.
Notice verse 3, “it may be well with you and you may live LONG on the earth.” It’s a PROMISE that God will HONOR .
About a year before my mother passed away, I slowed down and took her on a road trip to Branson, Missouri. We drove for 2-3 days. Stayed in nice hotels, ate at great restaurants and just talked about whatever she wanted to talk about. I came into her room one night and she was sitting on her bed in her hotel robe, watching a movie and eating a bowl of her favorite ice cream she had ordered from room service. That’s how I remember my mother, happy. I wish I’d have done more of that. Moms deserve more than one day of honor. Agree?
How long has it been since you called your mother? Took her out to eat? Spent a little time with her? I hope you’ll communicate with her this week. You’ll remember it for a lifetime. By honoring your mom, you are also teaching your children to honor their mom. This simple communication can be foundational to raising exceptional young men.
I’d like to hear from you. Tell me what you did for your mom and what her response was like. If your mom, like mine, has passed, find someone that doesn’t have family and bless her.
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Keep pressing,
GFW
