Inspired by lyrics from “Footprints” by Sue Riley:The Mother side of God’s Love is selfless and unconditional, as if to say,
“Stay right behind me and I will lead the way.”
The Mother side of God’s love knows how to let go, as if to say,
“I know you are frightened, but I will keep you safe.”
The Mother side of God’s Love gives life as a labor of love, as if to say,
“You shall know no harm.”
The Mother side of God’s love shows us the path and helps us find our way, as if to say, “Walk in my footprints.”
Responsive Reading for May 12
“The woman whose son it was . . . said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living child–please do not kill it!’ . . . The king then answered, ‘Give the first one the living child! …. for she is the mother'” (I Kings 3:26-7).
The Mother side of God’s Love is selfless and unconditional, as if to say,
“Stay right behind me and I will lead the way.”
“When [the mother of Moses] could hide him no longer, she took a papyrus basket, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, and putting the child in it, placed it among the reeds on the river bank” (Exodus 2:3)
The Mother side of God’s Love knows how to release with love, as if to say,
“I know you are frightened, but I will keep you safe.”
“His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I bore him with pain.’ Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: ‘Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! Help me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!’ And God granted his prayer” (I. Chronicles 4:9-10).
The Mother side of God’s Love encourages and empowers, as if to say,
“You shall know no harm.”
Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Naomi, “Do not press me to go back and abandon you! Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God, my God” (Ruth 1:16).
The Mother side of God’s Love shows us the path and helps us find our way, as if to say, “Walk in my footprints.”