Christina, my oldest daughter and my beautiful Mom
at her 101 year old birthday party…
Love is not a passion. It is the pulse of sacrifice”.
This Sunday is Mother’s Day! For seventy-seven years my Mother taught me about genuine love and Motherhood. She was 101 years old when God took her home. I watched her as she maneuvered through life. She was strong and courageous, especially in the latter years without Daddy. She faced life with grace each day with acceptance of God’s Hand and timing. She had no fear of old age which is the assumption that we still have many years of life ahead of us. “The length of our days is seventy years or eighty, IF we have the strength; yet this span is but trouble and sorrow and passes quickly and then we fly away”! (Psalm 90:10)
She learned to be “satisfied in the morning with His unfailing love. She did not sing for joy out loud but she was clearly grateful and glad for every day.” And she looked forward to any, or all of us coming and visiting with her as often as we could. She was the best listener and I can remember my high school friends coming home with me to talk to her, not me!
She was wise… my precious Mama. She taught me, by example, to number my days, to be deliberate with my heritage, to think generations and to see how short and quickly life passes. I am paying attention. So, you see…your job has been well done…
Thank you for leading the way, leaving a print for me to step into
and showing me the pulse of sacrificial love…
I love you…I miss you…
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
