Truly lost my way going through menopause. I remember going through puberty, and boy to me, it felt like I blew through it so fast, only because I couldn’t wait to be grown up. But there’s nothing like being already grown and not looking forward to go any further, age wise. You know the older you get, time is no longer on your side. Tick tock, tick tock, the clock is counting down on your youthfulness, vitality, wittiness, good looks…surely, but slowly fading away. The only thing left in you is to grow in wisdom, knowledge and understanding of the meaning of life. I felt at times life is changing my appearance and mind once again completely different from the day of my birth. These stages in life, from in our mother’s womb, infancy, toddler, childhood, puberty, adolescence, adulthood, middle age and then senior, it seems like we never stop changing, so we can grow in the grace and humility onto our Heavenly Father as preparation to present ourselves in his presence.

No woman should have to be ashamed and embarrassed to be told you’re just like your mother, it should be an honour and greatest compliment. As a woman of God it is a blessing to walk and be seen with virtue and grace. A woman of God daughter should be an reflection of her in His grace. When you feel like you’ve lost yourself, God some how allow you to find out and see who you are through your daughter in her characteristic, personality and in the way she interacts with others. What has she learned by observing you, woman of God and mother. The love and bond between you both would helps in the recall of “I remember when,” the moments of your life like video on rewind, you reflect. I found this to be a fact in my experience with my daughter. I recall praying to God to bless me with a daughter and finally the blessing was bestowed upon me and it changed my life. I knew from the day I looked into her eyes as I held her in my arms at her birth, my life had to reflect all I wanted for her, especially with my relationship with God. And this can only be attained with an unbreakable relationship with the Heavenly Father. I believe this is not something hereditary, but spiritually. I truly believe my daughter is an extension of me God wanted to remain in the world after I passed on. Everyone I meet would say such good things about my daughter reminded me of the things I heard people spoke of me that also made my father so proud to say I’m his child. My legacy may not be material or anything I have done spectacularly for me to leave in this world, but God’s light within my spirit shine through her. The bond I have with him is also with her. Now that I recognized it in her, I have to train her in the way she’ll never depart and pray that it remains, for the struggle and fight I’ve endured I know she also will endure in remaining close to him.

Not every mother can recognizes the spiritual implications of being a mother and the importance of mother daughter relationship with the strong bonds to God. The greatest example of this is Mother Ann and her daughter Mary, the mother of Jesus. Not mentioned much about in the Bible, but this mother and daughter dual God has used to change the world. Mother Ann started with her faithfulness in God. She was past child bearing years when Mary was born, it is believed that Mary was also miraculously conceived as Jesus was conceived later by Mary. It is written that Mother Ann taught her small daughter to read scripture and she was taken to the temple to live among virgin. Mother Mary continued in faith as her mother had taught and she observed of her mother. She was chosen to be the Mother of Jesus. From these two faithful women, we are to look how far all Mother’s and daughter has come or should have come in relationship towards one another and especially due to their deep bond in faith and relationship to the Lord.

Let’s all be aware of our calling as mothers and daughters by walk in faithfulness unto Lord with love, unity and humility together whether you’re a mother biological, adopted or spiritually.