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"My mother was a prostitute."
This article is written by Cephas Aziabou in honour of mothers and all prospective mothers.
Ephesians 6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
We are in the week of mothers day celebration and I thank God for the lives of those who deemed it necessary to set a day aside to celebrate mothers though celebration of mothers should not be an event but a lifestyle.
The title of this write-up is a quote from Rev. Dr. Bernard Blessing Ankomah, a Ghanaian worshiper and preacher of Rescue Life International. Rev. Bernard B. Ankomah made this statement when he was sharing his life's story.
If your mother were a prostitute what would be your attitude towards her? What if it were "revealed" to you she is a witch?
Hmm! We live with controversies surrounding our mothers every day and we can't continue with the pretence but rather seek the wisdom of God in dealing with these issues. This article will offer you that wisdom.
Mothers irrespective of their background, mistakes or past stories or who they are, they are mothers. Mothers suffer pain a lot and the less privileged they are the more pains they endure.
In Africa, when we talk of single parenting, we are indirectly referring to mothers who take the full responsibility to feed, train and educate their children. It is sad to say that the part of our world where I live we believe that mothers are evil. Perhaps our 21st century civilization and 21st century prophets are the contributing factors. All mother -in-laws and aged mothers are believed to be witches.
Permit me to pause here and share my story regarding my mother. My mum gave birth to 9 of us and I am the 7th born. In fact, 2 died very young and 7 of us alive. All the 9 of us have different fathers with the exception of the first three who were born to the same father: 9 children against 7 husbands. Whenever I read the story in John 4 about the Samaritan woman, my mum's picture comes to mind. My Dad died when I was one year four months, my mother told me. I grew up not feeling the absence of a father. She went through ordeals including our culture impositions just because of me.
My mom had to take care of me all by herself and I was not the only one, my siblings too; NO FATHER though their fathers were alive. I remember how we labored in people's farms back in my village for our daily survival. They would sack me and my sisters for school fees, we will come to her and say "Dada, skul fee". There was no other person we knew aside _Dada_; no uncle, no auntie. People in the village we lived in would insult my mother prostitute.
Well, she may be a prostitute to them but to me she is my mother. Hear me young man and young lady, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW THE SOCIETY SEES YOUR MOMMY, SHE IS YOUR MOTHER.
I would like to end it here but before I end it all, let us look at how the wisest king in the story of life king Solomon treated his mother.
2 Samuel 11 and 12 tell the background of Solomon's birth. Solomon was a product of adultery. The father king David slept with Bathsheba, Uriah's wife and killed her husband.
In 2 Kings 2: 13-19, after Solomon became the King, his brother Adonijah made a request to king Solomon through Solomon's own mother. Let us see how he related with the mother.
_1 Kings 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay._
There are 4 ways King Solomon treated the mother and we all ought to emulate.
1. Hospitality : v.19b says that Solomon bowed down to the mother making room for her. Why do you sack your mommy when she visits?
2. Service: v19c says Solomon caused a _seat to be set_ for the mother. Solomon served the mother in all humility.
3. Honor : v19's last words say that Solomon made the mother to sit on his _right hand_. Solomon honored his mother before all the men who mattered in the palace. Are you still ashamed of your mum because she is a prostitute?
4. Listening : the v20 says that Solomon gave the opportunity to the mother in a very polite way to speak: _Ask on my mother_. Though Bathsheba's request was not welcome, Solomon did not despise her. Do you still despise your mother because she is illiterate and you are educated or you are rich and she is poor or you are beautiful and she is ugly?
Our anchor verse says we should honor our parents then we are ready to be promoted. Mothers don't have to do some extra or more special than they have done to be honored; they deserve our honor no matter what.
As I rap up, remember that she may be what people think she is but she is your mother. MY MOTHER THOUGH A PROSTITUTE, SHE IS MY MOTHER. On this note let me wish all mothers a happy mothers day. We love you all.
Les mamans chéries, nous vous aimons toutes.
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Written by
Cephas Aziabou Godson (visionary)
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