~I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.~ Abraham Lincoln, former President of USA.
She taught me:
- to have confidence in myself, to see myself as beautiful and captivating, because that is how God made me.
- to realize that physical beauty is like chaff, here today and gone tomorrow. It is my personality, my heart and my soul that should embody beauty. And such beauty is more captivating and enduring
- to stand strong in God, to always pray, to always praise and glorify His name, to always cling to Him and never ever let myself experience what it is like to be without God.
- to not worry. She has my back, because she prays for me everyday.
- to be patient when the answers don't seem to eventuate. God's timing is absolutely perfect.
- that love is real. Have you ever had glimpses of what you perceive as true love, and wish that you can have a taste of it as well? Ever felt like there's something more out there? Let me tell you. Love. It is real. I see it in my mom. I don't see glimpses of it. I see it in whole. She loves me not because of who I am, or because of what I can do. She loves me without reason, only because I'm her daughter. If an earthly woman can know how to love like that, what more God?
- to reassure myself in God. Her favourite phrase is: When you ask for bread, God won't give you a snake.
- that everything is going to be okay. No matter what.
- to always look at the positive side of things. Negativity gets people down.
She is not just my mother. She is my mentor, my prayer partner, my pastor, my confidant, and my best friend. To me, she is the most beautiful, most courageous, most patient and most loving woman alive. She is everything I want to be as a woman. I think of her all the time. And I love her, because she first loved me.
Today is her birthday.
Happy birthday mom. I can't wait to see you again.
