Talking to GOD and Stepping On

 Yesterday was Mother’s Day and it was bittersweet because, though I received calls, texts, and gifts a plenty from my husband and my children, I missed my Momma, so I did a tribute poem in her memory which I have included below. And while my missing her is ever with me, I talk (in the poem) about how she equipped me to stay in the vineyard and keep working for the LORD come what may. (cont. tomorrow)

She taught me to read my Bible and pray

And I used that teaching on yesterday

To get me through the pain of missing her

And did a bit of teaching as I reminded

Everyone that life, death, life is the way

That Our lives have been set up by GOD

Thus saying that losing mothers and other loved ones

Is just our life’s process

And if we maintain our trust in Him

At the end of life, we will be blessed.

Here is the poem from yesterday:

GOD’s Way

Another Mother’s Day with my Momma gone

But that has to be okay

Though that is a hard thing for me to say

Yet, she prepared me as best as she could

For her departing day

So that I could be reunited with her

When I reached the end of my life’s way.

She planted the seeds of faith in me

About her loving GOD’s way

When I was just a child 

And she nurtured and watered the seeds

And watched me grow in them while

I fed from the plants as I had need.

My Momma, with her infinite love

Prepared me for my lonely walk

A walk that I would embark upon

When she, alas, was gone

And I, her baby, would be forced to walk alone.

I no longer cavort with a child’s carefree glide

But now walk with a wounded, battle-hardened soldiers stride

Determined to see my Momma again

When I am called to my eternal home

By JESUS, my GOD and FRIEND.

(Based on Psalm 78:6-7.)

Saying Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers and offering this poem as a tribute to my Momma (R.I.P.)