Mother's Day: Celebrating Mamas Daily
Happy Mother’s Day! To you (if you’re a mama… or maybe one day will be), to your mama’s, and to your grandmamas!
I am not a mother, so it’d be a huge injustice for me to sit here and second handedly attest to the triumphs and struggles of being one. But I do have a mom, and one thing I do know about motherhood is this - mother’s can’t be moms without having us children.
Yeah, Jo. Duh. Why bring up such an obvious statement?
Look at it this way, BAE’s : although Mother’s Day is a once in a year celebration, our existence as children shows that motherhood is a daily, and lifelong thing.
Thus, I propose to you a thought:
If motherhood is a daily thing, do we love and honor our mothers the way we are called to do each day?
This isn’t to say we are to buy our mothers flowers each day, or post a picture of our poppin’ mamas and cute baby Jonah on our instagram stating how much we love her (which I have done for you all here, so please do the same because we are all looking forward to see all of your mama and BAE-by pictures), but what I am suggesting is that we are to choose daily to honor our mothers (Exodus 20:12) beyond this one day in May.
I have considered my mom as both my best friend and the woman I’ve spent nights writing angry letters to. Regardless if you sway one way towards the spectrum of loving her completely, or perhaps you and your mother aren’t on the best of terms, you are called to love, and to love as Christ loved you (John 15:12).
This means that the condition of your feelings towards your mom is irrelevant. Christ’s love for us is unconditional, unchanging, and unending. Because of this, we are to do the same.
There are some days this can be a breeze, and other days where it is seemingly impossible. So how do we cultivate a habit of honor?
Choose grace.
We sometimes forget that our moms are people too. That means that we can’t always expect her to be 100% the hero in all circumstances. She has struggles, joys, weaknesses, and strengths. James 4:6 says that if we humble ourselves, God will give us more grace. So on the days that are hard, get over yourself and welcome God and His grace in.
Choose worship.
Worship is a heart posture to choose to center God in our heart in the action of what we are doing. We are called to worship God in all things (Colossians 3:17), and honoring our moms is yet another avenue to act as an extension of God’s love and to worship Him.
Choose love.
1 Corinthians 16:14 says to do everything in love. So be intentional about showing your mom love in the way she receives it!
PRO TIP: What’s your mom’s love language? (If you don’t know, you can always take the test here) and show her some love today!
Words of Affirmation: Write your mom a letter or send her a text to show her how great she is.
Gifts: It doesn’t always have to be snazzy and pricey. Sometimes the best gifts are the ones with the most thought.
Quality Time: Make a date out of it! Do something you both like. Or what she likes. Or even what you like. Either way, i guarantee you’ll have fun.
Acts of Service: Make your mom some coffee or give her a coupon to do her laundry
Physical Touch: Give your mom a hug!
Regardless of what you choose, if you do so with some love in your heart, your mom will absolutely be blessed by you. Now go, call your mama and tell her that you (and all of BAE) loves her!
Share with us how you show your mom love by emailing at kamusta.bae@gmail.com or tagging us on Instagram @baecollective.sd. We wish you the happiest of mothers day and are praying for you and all your mamas.
With love,
Xx. Jo