Members Popular Post WellWithMySoul Posted April 27, 2015 Members Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2015 My Mean MomBoy, I've got the meanest mom in the whole wide world. She always makes me clean my room, and 'specially when I just get through playing in it. She says it's because God's not the author of confusion, and that He might not be so pleased or comfortable wading through a messy room. She also said it's cuz it really all belongs to Him anyhow, and so I should take care of what He's been kind enough to share with me.My mom really is mean; why, the other day, she got upset just cuz I walked through every room of the house with muddy shoes. You know what she made me do? She made ME sweep and mop it up! She said that famous line of hers, "If you make a mess, clean it up!" She always uses stuff like this to teach a lesson. She said that I need to learn to be responsible for stuff and choices I make, and not to blame others for my own goofs.You might not believe this, but my mom has these rules about cleaning my plate up. If I serve myself, then I gotta eat every bite that I took, and not have "fly eyes" and take too much to start with. If somebody else serves me up, then I gotta do the best I can to eat it up. If it's something new, I gotta try at least a bite of it before I get testy about it and refuse to eat it. She fixes those like lima beans and cauliflower and stuff like that and wants me to eat it because it has that, what its called, uh, oh yeah...nutrition in it, whatever that is. She says it helps to keep me feeling good and fights away the "bugs". Back to cleaning up my plate, her lesson of course is that once I start something, I should finish it, even if I don't feel like it!Here's a topper of one now. My mean mom told me that gettin' in trouble was really not a bad thing, but is really truly a good thing, and that I should thank whoever corrected me. She explained that I should do that cuz that person is kind enough and cares enough to help point out places where there's sin that needs to be taken care of. It's pretty easy to do things wrong, so when I get in trouble for it, it reminds me that I gotta get things right with Jesus. She told me to learn this lesson real good, cuz there aren't so many people out there that are smart enough to behave like they should, even when God disciplines them. Mom also said I might as well learn this lesson good too cuz I'll probably get into plenty of trouble since it comes so nat'rally, and that the Bible tells me how I should act right and that I need to care what God thinks most of all.There's another thing that my mean mom makes me do. She tries to make me sit still in church. Well, I try for awhile, but then I get to thinkin' about other things, like flyin' in an airplane and before long I get a painful nudge that catches my attention and "THE LOOK"! I guess I musta been doing too many acrobats in the sky. Sometimes I get so tired of sitting still, but my mom says that I should love the Lord enough to want to learn about Him and how to please Him. She said it shouldn't be like some kinda job or chore to do, but should be exciting to get to learn about Him. She also said that if I get to wiggling too much or making noise, that someone else might have a hard time listening and learning, and maybe even not get saved.Boy, it just seems like I can't ever do nothing. Guess what though, here comes another lesson! My mean mom tells me to stop complaining, and to appreciate how much I do get to do. She said there's lots of really good blessings out there; that if I'd just get plenty busy doing what's right, there wouldn't be time to do what's wrong. She always adds on that if I'd fill my heart and mind with lots of right stuff, then there wouldn't be so much room for wrong stuff!Now, going back to the mud on the floor thing...well, if I was honest enough with myself I'd have to admit that every once in awhile my mom knows what she's talkin' about, cuz right after I cleaned up the mud on the whole floor, my little brother came in and walked all over it with muddy shoes. Boy, now that sure did make me mad. There's lots more things that my mom gets after me about, but I gotta admit that just maybe, it could be that she's not as mean as I thought she was! You know what? By my mom being "mean", she's actually showing me how to trust and obey God! Now that's a GOOD thing! ---WWMS 2bLikeJesus, John81, 2ndTimothy and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted April 27, 2015 Members Share Posted April 27, 2015 We need a lot more "mean" moms these days! 1Timothy115 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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