Mama Sue Mentored Me
Mama Sue came into my life when I was a young wife and she was there when I found out I was expecting my first child. I knew nothing about babies and I shared with her my fear that I would not know what to do with my own child. With calm words and a confident smile she said, "God will put it in your heart."
She told me that many times prior to the arrival of my baby girl. When she came to hold her for the first time, I could not wait to tell her, through tears, "God put it in my heart! He really did!" Then I watched with gratitude as she snuggled my little pink bundle in her arms. I knew she had shared with me the key to parenting and it was God Himself.
I only had the blessing of time with Mama Sue for a few years before God moved us to another city, but they were crucial years. She poured into me truths that have impacted my walk with God and my role as a mother. I'm pretty sure it was not intentional. She was being a mother and walking with God. I went along for the ride.
I have treasured every moment as a mother even as they grew from stage to stage. Every stage was my favorite, and at each stage, I leaned on what I had first learned from Mama Sue and trusted God to put in my heart what I needed to mother them.
Today I have adult children with children of their own. Even though I miss things from the past, they are my favorite age. As I mother the daughter I raised and the daughter who married my son, I am asking God once again to put in my heart what they need from me. If I can mentor them as Mama Sue mentored me, I will count it a success.
She told me that many times prior to the arrival of my baby girl. When she came to hold her for the first time, I could not wait to tell her, through tears, "God put it in my heart! He really did!" Then I watched with gratitude as she snuggled my little pink bundle in her arms. I knew she had shared with me the key to parenting and it was God Himself.
I only had the blessing of time with Mama Sue for a few years before God moved us to another city, but they were crucial years. She poured into me truths that have impacted my walk with God and my role as a mother. I'm pretty sure it was not intentional. She was being a mother and walking with God. I went along for the ride.
I have treasured every moment as a mother even as they grew from stage to stage. Every stage was my favorite, and at each stage, I leaned on what I had first learned from Mama Sue and trusted God to put in my heart what I needed to mother them.
Today I have adult children with children of their own. Even though I miss things from the past, they are my favorite age. As I mother the daughter I raised and the daughter who married my son, I am asking God once again to put in my heart what they need from me. If I can mentor them as Mama Sue mentored me, I will count it a success.
". . . as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart"
Ephesians 6:6
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