We will start our blog today by stating the obvious. It takes a woman to be a mother. Some might want to argue with us about connecting the word “mother” with the word “woman”, but that is a topic for another time. Some might baulk at us using the word “VIRTUOUS”. However, we believe this to be the ultimate pinnacle of success when it comes to being the best a woman can aspire to become. Merriam-Webster defines the word “VIRTUOUS” as “honorable, ethical, honest, nice, true, good, moral, noble.” It would seem a lofty goal indeed to aspire to inculcate these attributes into one’s character. Already, we can begin to see cracks and flaws in many women within our Nation. Lest we claim to be perfect, which we are not, we understand that attaining the purest sense of each of these attributes is difficult, if not impossible, for the duration of one’s life. The word “VIRTUOUS” does not, by itself, establish the core of our blog today. We also aim to connect the word “WOMAN” to “VIRTUOUS”. The reason we are drawn to this topic is because today we celebrate our mothers by wishing them all a very HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY. If you are alive, then you have or had a mother. You should be thankful to your mother for if she had aborted you, you would not be in existence. Let us state that again, especially for all those who desire to terminate pregnancies in the womb. If you are marching under the drum beat of “freedom of choice” when it comes to pregnancies, had it not been for your mother deciding against abortion, YOU WOULD NOT EXIST! Now, everyone who is alive can extend our thanks to our mothers regardless of any convergent or divergent relationship that has taken place through the years between you and your mother.
So, is being a “mother” such a great thing? Some might argue that a “VIRTUOUS WOMAN” does not really exist in today’s world. Maybe at one point it did, but as it is with all fading glories, the “VIRTUOUS WOMAN” became history, and maybe over time turned into legend, and ultimately as the ages roll on by, has become accepted only as myth. In our society today it is plain to see that the value a mother holds has been diminishing. We will not blame this alone on the mother, for unless you are an absolute moron, you will understand that it takes the seed of a man (loosely translated as a “father”), to make another human life. Many “fathers” have become absent in the nurturing years of a child’s life. Some women choose to bypass a “father’s” involvement all together by utilizing sperm donor clinics. The absolute denial that both mother and father bring important roles in the rearing of a child often leaves the child missing certain examples suited to a holistic development. The mother may emphasize faith, love, and a nurturing spirit, while the father may emphasize discipline, responsibility, strength, and protection. We are not saying that these qualities belong only to one sex but not the other, but we are stating that each sex brings something to the table of value in the development of a growing human. In our society today we see many young people having escaped the nurturing environments needed for proper societal development. Violence, robberies, thefts, carjackings, unprovoked attacks, disrespect, hurtful and foul language, denial of authority, self-absorption in personal desires, non-productivity, faithlessness, anger and malice run amuck in our youth in our society today. Many adult parents have not been the greatest of examples. We believe the ugly characteristics mentioned before are due largely to the failure of many to truly appreciate and honor those among us who are mothers. Broken homes too often lead to broken lives. The lack of appreciation shown to our mothers is a cancer eating away at the core of our Nation.
For many decades now we have been sold a bill of goods that produces anything but good. The Greatest Generation, who gave so much to give FREEDOM and LIBERTY to many through their sacrifices in World War 1 and 2, has faded from view, and in many classrooms today has become more legend than history. Some, even now, would claim those National sacrifices as simply myth, denying historical truth, choosing to re-write history to asway their ideological persuasions. The destruction of the core family in our Nation has been exasperated by careless speech and faulty logic. Hillary Clinton wrote a book in 1996 called, “It Takes a Village”. We stand today to say, “It takes a family to make a village!” No non-parent, or government, has the right or obligation to parent the children born or adopted into a family unit. In our Nation today, we see government trying to squeeze out the family unit, giving non-parental authorities dictum over legitimate parents and their God given rights and responsibilities, even to the point of incarceration for objecting to governmental influence in the lives of their children. Are there any “VIRTUOUS WOMEN” in government?
We believe there ARE “VIRTUOUS WOMEN” in our society today. For those women who appreciate FREEDOM and LIBERY, and the right to raise their own children as they see fit, we call them MOTHERS. They birth, nurture, teach and train their young to appreciate and enjoy life, to build respectable characteristics to weave into a social structure beneficial to all. Mothers do not wain in their pursuit of these lofty goals, nor do they fail to be concerned for their child for the entirety of their child’s life. We call these mothers, “VIRTUOUS WOMEN”. They are not fictitious. They are ever present. They have existed for ages, and will exist for ages to come, should this world continue to exist. We can trace the “VIRTUOUS WOMAN” back thousands of years. For our benefit, we have historical writings describing the characteristics of “THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN”. They are found in the Bible’s Old Testament book of Proverbs, Chapter 31, verses 10 through 31. For length of our blog, we will only review two of those verses for contextual proof in our blog today. In verse 28, we find that she, the woman, is a mother, for it says, “Her children arise up, and call her blessed . . .” We also find that she has faith in the Lord. Verse 30 says, “Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” Have you “praised” your mother today? Have you wished her a “HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY”? Have you thanked her for your very life? If you haven’t, maybe it is time to do so before the opportunity passes you by.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY, MOM!