Scriptorium Daily
The temptation is to assume my mother is special just because she went through labor and had me. That is, of course, the self-centered view . . . as if I am sort of hero whose very birth makes a hero of the woman who went through the labor.
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Read Luke 11:
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Jesus does not use many words, but His sayings pierce to the heart of the matter. Women cannot be reduced to their biological function (wombs and breasts) and neither can motherhood. A mother is blessed (happy) or fulfilled when she takes her function (even the unique biology of womankind) and uses it as a chance to “hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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The focus is on her human obedience and humility. Mary believed and God acted. It is this that makes a true mother and a blessed human being.
A true mother hears the call to parenthood and bears her child. Of course, even a bad woman could do this, but a true mother believes and acts in righteousness. Mary was not blessed because of her biology, but because of her obedience!
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By being such a godly example of obedience to the command of motherhood, she birthed a desire for God in both of her children. We longed to have what she has. She was (like any real mother, biological or adoptive) a real parent to holiness. (more)
