Mother's day message @church

Bessie Lee shared with us a message that felt real, brought out lotsa emotions within me and made me rethink about e way I usually do things..

As christians, we are called to walk in a way that reflects Godliness and often that seems like the hardest thing to do.

Someone was noticed as polite, being responsible at work, knowing how to honour her parents and how to enjoy life..she was thought of as a Christian because of e factors she beamed out to the people who interact with her.. *subjective*

Are christians being judged a lot more than any other person in the office or on the street..it isnt always easy walking in a way that’s worthy for people to view as an "example" to follow...and more frequently they'd have this "perfect" model of how a christian should or should not be..

She continued sharing that some of us who may have seen loved ones die would clearly remember that these people don't ask for bank statements or a list of assets they'd collected in their lives.. they ask to see people, loved ones who mean a lot to them and sometimes they'd even wait for the family members to arrive before making their departure... and then I thought about granny and how it felt seeing her in that state, wishin I had known her a little better, put in a little more effort to hang out... always thinkin I "could have done a little more"..

so yeah.. how we spend our time's very impt, material pleasures just don’t last and are magnified when we are living life BUT clearly meaningless when we are leaving life..

she also shared that many of us have grievances against our parents for not being fair to us or not providing enough for us and sometimes hold on to these for years ...
but when these loved ones are leaving us, it doesn’t matter anymore.. and all we know is that we want them back..
I may not have experienced many lives passing but just one was enough for me to look at life in a different way.

Bessie shared about letting go and letting God work within us esp as children of God, to be good examples that shine out as salt and light of the world and even when it can be so difficult forgetting hurts engraved by the closest people we just have to do it. Speaking from experience , I think it's always easier to love than hate.. there's too much burden in this hate thing...

It's definitely not easy doing all that but it is so important..

Life's short...