Happy Mother’s Day Mom! Only a month until I am home! Then we can celebrate!
But until then, I have just celebrated Mother’s Day here in Malaysia. I didn’t really know they celebrated it but today during church, Mothers were honored. The sermon was about different Mothers in the Bible. Jesus’ Mom, Mary displayed Obedience (Luke 1). Moses’ Mom displayed the knowledge and Wisdom of God (Exodus 2). Timothy’s Mom, Eunice (and Grandmother, Lois) displayed Faith (2 Tim. 1). Samuel’s Mom, Hannah displayed a life of prayer (1 Sam 1&2). These women were bold and courageous in the name of the Lord. The Faith and lives of women, especially Mothers, have been important in the unfolding of God’s love story to us.
Today during church I had the opportunity to share my testimony with the congregation. The Pastor wanted it to relate to Mother’s Day and I told him, “Don’t worry – I’ve got it covered.” And I truly did. Even though a major part of my testimony has been my Dad passing away, the other part of it has been the relationship with my Mom. While sharing my testimony I was able to share about how my relationship with my Mom has changed from after my Dad passed away and even how it has changed while I have been on the Race and how I know it will continue to change and grow once I return home. If I can quote myself from my testimony, “Our Mom’s love us more than anyone else in the world.” Can I get an Amen? (Okay… I know I wasn’t preaching.)
After I shared my testimony, the Pastor called all the Moms to the front of the church so we could pray for them. Each one of us got a Mom just to pour out prayer and blessing over. It was a really moving time for me just to be able to pray and speak life into these women. We have noticed that the women here seem oppressed. Whether it is from culture or life, the women here are different. I loved being able to pray and prophesy over a woman just calling out beauty and worth that she may not find from her community or culture but will always find from God. She couldn’t understand probably any of my prayer but I know that God has His arms around her and He is going to use her and bless her in great ways. I won’t see her again until heaven, but I will definitely continue to pray for my sister in Christ here in Malaysia.
Here is a Mother’s Day video made for you, Mom straight from Cambodia! While we were teaching English one afternoon- we decided to make story books and have our English Students read them. Subtitles were needed simply for pronunciation but I don’t think they did too shabby. My storybook is about the good ole times we have at home during lazy days where we watch Lifetime movies all day. (And yes- the whole world now knows my guilty pleasure of Lifetime movies).
Happy Mother’s Day! Love and miss you Mom!
