MOTHERS GIFT FROM GOD. By Tobe Eze

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF NSUKKA

A TALK TO THE CATHOLIC WOMEN ORGANIZATION (CWO).

BY: HILLARY TOBECHUKWU EZE {DAN~HILL)

TOPIC: MOTHERS GIFT FROM GOD.

Juma ọbọbiigwe ihe obụ ode nu inwere okpo nu ke.

WHO IS A MOTHER? SIRACH 26:1-4 AND 5-12 AND 13-18.

A mother is a women validly married according to her culture. Culture may be traditionally or in a Christian way. In our own contest, it is in a Christian way. A mother does not mean categorically women with children. The bible said that a woman is a companion to the man not an incubator. (Gen. 1:18). Mothers are those women who take care of a home where people are living. A mother, in the altar of wedding always promise her husband respect and every other thing. A mother is a person who takes care of the husband God gave to her and so on.

WHAT ARE OUR DUTIES?

1.       Taking care of our homes.

2.       Taking care of our husbands.

3.       Taking care of our children.

4.       Taking care of our communities.

5.       Taking care of our churches.

WHAT ARE OUR PROBLEMS WHICH CAUSE FAILURE IN RESPOSIBILITIES?

1.       Gossiping.

2.       Over busy.

3.       Unforgiving Spirit.

4.       Pentecostalism.

5.       Having many gods.

WHAT MAY BE OUR SOLUTIONS TO THESE CHALLENGES?

1.       Coming Back To Ourselves.

2.       Believing God.

3.       Facing our primary works very well.

4.       Seeking for good advice.

5.       Being in God terms with God.

6.       Prayer is the only way out.

Duties.

A woman is brought to a home to heal so wounds of love in that home. There are love that cannot be gotten from men no matter what they do. Women solve many hidden problems that men cannot solve.

·         Our homes are the primary assignment God has given to us as mothers. Anything that happens to our homes, we are responsible for it. Our homes are the first place we should invest.

·         People we find in our homes are the second work God has given to us. The first among them are our husbands. Men generally are satisfied when their stomachs are being taken good care of.

·         The other now are our children. After our husbands. We have another great work to do on our children. Children of these days are becoming another things altogether. We have to tighten our belts.

·         In our world today, our community is turning to another thing all together. We the mothers are to take charge of the community by training every child we meet. Do not be selfish. Only your child cannot make the community better.

·         The church is also a mother and our earthly mother should take care of the church. Church is like our stomachs, it does not remember that you offered millions yesterday. No matter how you eat in the morning, you will still go hungry in the afternoon at night.

Our Failures.

·         Some of us have made gossiping there second nature. They prefer carrying news around both truth and false news around. AKA Ịnụgọ ma dụ? They leave their families and go about to gossip. They leave they shops, places of works, they leave church to gossip. Instead of keeping their mouths shut, they will repeat one story up to many times. Jụma ọbọbụ igwe ihe ọbụ odenu inwere ọkpọ nụ kee.

·         Some of make effort more than efforts required of us. They over busy themselves either with home chores, meeting, farm chores, businesses, offices and so many other places we engage ourselves.

·         In the our father we say always, we say time without number, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. But when it comes to doing it, we will have thousand and one reason to give so that we will not forgive. There is no amount of reason we will give that we make us to be right when we fail to forgive. It is only when you forgive others that God will forgive you. Eme emeweru bụ okwu n’ ihu Chukwu.

·         Yamgbe yamgbe of these days are now making us the mother to lose our balance. Brother John n’ ahụ zaazaazaa. Sister Jane bụ ọkụ. All these are just blindfolding us of the things we should do. Sometimes our problems come from us, but because our men and women of God do not tell us the truth, we do not recognize these things. Yamgbe yamgbe.

·         Diabolism is another problem that challenges us very much. We put our hands into many bad things. Some of us are murderers, thieves, prostitutes, cult members. Some of in other to protect the integrity of our husbands put our hands in many bad things. Ọjọrọ njọ.

DO NOT ENVY THEM.

Don’t envy the cheats, for they started with themselves.

Don’t envy the murderers, they are dead already.

Don’t envy the thief, he owns nothing himself.

Don’t envy the intimidators, they are even afraid of their shadows.

Don’t envy the witch or the wizard, they are a condemned set.

Don’t envy sinners for they are all going to hell.

Don’t give up your good virtues, you will be rewarded adequately.

THESE ARE FROM ONE LETTER WORD TO TEN LETTER WORDS WE SHOULD KNOW.

I…………………………………………….Avoid it.

We…………………………………………Use it.

Ego…………………………………………Kill it.

Love………………………………………..Value it.

Smile……………………………………….Keep it.

Gossip………………………………………Ignore it.

Success……………………………………..Achieve it.

Jealousy…………………………………….Distance it.

Knowledge…………………………………Acquire it.

Confidence…………………………………Have it.

We pray with Mary the model of a good mother to help us on our journey towards heaven, so that all our efforts in this life may not be in vain. We ask these and every other intentions we have through our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns in the unity of the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever. AMEN. THANKS.