MOMentum*: The Mother’s Fight for Patience
January 12, 2009
*MOMentum is a new feature of Ordinary Mother. My hope is to harness the power of the gospel to impel us forward in our pursuit of biblical womanhood.
This poem is my attempt to capture three different seasons of motherhood that require patience and one all-encompassing motivator and sustainer of patience: the cross of Jesus Christ. It is inspired by my own desire to grow in this fruit of the spirit, particular in my mothering.
A Mother Fights For Patience
Do not climb there.
Don’t touch that please.
Stay in your chair.
Eat your egg-ies.
One hundred times
She says these things
It’s five past nine
In the morning
She must delight
In ones so dear.
How will she fight
For patience here?
***
Stop touching her.
What is that noise?
Get the plunger.
Pick up your toys.
One hundred times
She says these things
From morn to night
Fighting siblings
She must delight
In ones so dear
How will she fight
For patience here?
***
You should have called.
Don’t use that tone.
What’s at the mall?
I want you home.
One hundred times
She says these things
It’s one o’ nine
In the morning
She must delight
In ones so dear.
How will she fight
For patience here?
***
She bows her head
And lifts her gaze
Sits on her bed
Solemnly prays
The Spirit then
Reminds her of
The patience in
The Savior’s love
With hungry crowds
And Pharisees
Disciple’s vows
Caesars’ decrees
With shouting Jews
And soldiers’ scorn
Beaten and bruised
A crown of thorns
Nailed to a cross
At Calvary
His words to us
Echo loudly
Infinite times
He says to us
Remember my
Glorious Cross
He does delight
In ones so dear
He won the fight
For patience here
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1.
goodbadandugly2 | January 12, 2009 at 10:19 am
awesome!
2.
Danielle | January 12, 2009 at 11:33 am
Great poem, Laurie.
3.
Kathy | January 12, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Beautiful, Laurie. Great “pictures.”
4.
Amy | January 12, 2009 at 12:59 pm
beautiful, Laurie. I need this. thank you! (so glad you’re blogging again!)
5.
briana | January 12, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Once again, thanks for using your gift to encourage us and thanks for meditating on the gospel as it relates to REAL life and then communicating so effectively for the rest of us.
You know this is going to make it on girltalk.
love you,friend.
6.
Karla | January 12, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Your words really brought a good shock to my heart.
It’s a great reminder of how my mothering truly reveals
my desperate need for grace and mercy!
~thanks . . .back to that meatloaf . . .
7.
Mom | January 18, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Wow Laurie, this brought me to tears. Keep using your gift!