Encouragement

El Shaddai

by olive Ngoe
02/03/11
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EL-SHADDAI
When a mother gives birth to her baby she forgets all the pain that she goes through during the hard hours of labor. The sight of that living breathing miracle makes it all worthwhile. And she knows, intimately, that there is nothing in the world that she would not do for this baby. She knows that she would not think twice about protecting the little bundle of joy with her very own life.
The mother will do everything that is required to keep the baby secure and healthy. And while the baby has to take the right food to keep them nourished, sometimes they might not necessarily appreciate what they are being fed. The baby will occasionally throw up its food, refuse to swallow, yell or perform any other antic that will ensure that the food does not get through. And because mother knows best, she will patiently coax, and then at other times raise a stern voice to make sure the baby eats. That is the only way it will grow healthy and strong.
As the baby grows into a young child and then a teenager it may develop other ways of going against the mother’s advice; and though she has walked the path long before and is able to help, the young person may not want it. And she will not lock her door to her child just because they are being rebellious. She never gives up; she keeps giving her sound wisdom and sometimes stern action knowing that someday it will count.
The young person may reach an instant in life when he decides that he no longer wants to be under the guidance of someone else. And so he takes off to ‘discover the world’ and all that it has to offer. Yet the loving mother will not close her door. She knows that some day her child will return to her and whatever the hour, she will open her door. She also knows that whatever manner of person her child will be, thief, murderer, cheat, drunk, doctor, lawyer, surgeon, whether a failure or a success in the eyes of the world, she will open her door. She will not open her door for all those other names he comes with, she will open her door for her child. Her love for her child is boundless.
And yet our Father loves us even more. The bible tells us that even this loving, selfless wonderful being called a mother may forget her suckling babe, she is still human after all. Her heart may grow weary and tired with all the waiting and worrying, and her hope may wane as the years pass by, her legs may not allow her to stay at the gate for too long. Our Father does not forget us, ever. He longs after me, so much so that he gave his only son that I might be saved. And he waits at the gate every moment for his lost children to come home, he neither sleeps nor slumbers. And when he spots a prodigal afar off trudging wearily back to Him, He runs to meet His child. He embraces His child-mud, rot, pig food and all. Then he forgives, and forgets as far as the east is from the west! And he will not have any more talk about working for him as a slave, for all the shame and pain caused by rebellion. He ushers his child into joyous celebration in eternity!