Lessons from Mama's Pride

   
I am currently 19 years old and I have a younger sister at the age of 17.  It would be an understatement to say that my mother loves her children.  Not only that, but my mom takes a lot of pride in her children.  She always has told my sister and I, “You are not average because you are my kids!”  I always smiled, laughed, and shrugged off the corny “mama talk”.  But then I realized that her feelings for her children parallel with someone else I know...

That someone is the God of Adam, Abraham, & Jacob. Jesus.    

   I will attempt bring you into my mind for a little while in the hopes of conveying a “breakthrough” that occurred amidst my worshipping of God. I had just read the words “Sin leads to death. Jesus dies for your sin. You are in a war. Be a man. Put your sin to death.”  While worshipping to music, a thought occurred to me (probably brought forth by God).  It went something like this:

   “You can put your Sin to death...because YOU are special”  In one instance it all clicked.  I am His [God’s], adopted child. Now, I am NOT pretending to understand the affection a parent has for their children.  I am simply asserting that God revealed more of himself to me today. It was like the Lord whispered in my ear, “Child, you are mine.  You share my blood and YOU DON’T act like others who are not mine. You are set apart.”

   It was then that I remembered the pride my mother had for my sister and I. All of the times she told us that we we’re above average, hard-working and intelligent like her and special.  

Thank you mother for helping me better understand the Kingdom of God. Thank you God for calling me your child.

And so it is with the Lord, God of Hosts. 

“But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.” (Galatians 4:4-5)