We came across this heartfelt sharing and thought it would be most apt to share it during the month of May, where we celebrate Mother's Day.

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Mother’s Day can be a sensitive holiday for many. Particularly if you are longing to be a mom, the holiday can be a painful reminder of a missing piece of your life. Sensitive to this, Lisa Jo Baker has written a fantastic post, Let’s Celebrate All Women This Mother’s Day. She writes,

"I believe that all of us are called to mother another.

We mother the world that shows up at our doorstep whether we call it mothering or not.

We mother whether we’re married or we’ve ever borne down in the battle cry of birth or not.

This isn’t to ignore the very painful realities of infertility or other reasons that a woman might not have biological children. But this perspective can be a hope-filled reminder that we are ALL mothers, because mothering isn’t only for those who have born a child from their womb. “Motherhood is its own mission field,” Lisa writes, “and no one is disqualified from serving.”

The calling of motherhood and fatherhood transcends bloodlines. Jesus himself confirms this in Matthew 12.

“While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.’

He replied to him, ‘Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?’ Pointing to his disciples, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’”

It is God’s will that we would all be parents to those around us.

Adapted from crosswalk.com