MY MUM: A GIFT FROM GOD TO ME//MY ENTRY POST TO CONTEST: MY MUM//BY @EXCEPTIONAL20 (100% POWER-UP)

MY MUM: A GIFT FROM GOD TO ME.

INTRODUCTION

Most times I wonder how God made and fabricated the virtuous woman i have as a mother. I came to realize that not all women are qualified to be called a mother, because Motherhood is different from womanhood.

When I sat down to ponder and X-ray the gift of a mother God gave to me, I simply lift my hands in appreciation to God in remembrance of His word "All good and perfect gift comes from above...."

Meanwhile, let me appreciate @steemalive community for this contest, because it serves as an opportunity to it's members to share the virtuous quality and uniqueness of mothers.

MY MUM: A GIFT FROM GOD TO ME

My mum Mrs. Blessing Ezumah hails from Akpugo community in Okigwe local government area of Imo state Nigeria. She doubles as the second child and the second daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ndukwe.

She got married to my father Mr. Joseph Ezumah from Okoro Ezumah's community in the same local government and state in the year 1981.

The union was blessed with 5 children, 3 ladies and 2 men of which she is a grandmother of 7 grandchildren. Her virtuous and noble character and lifestyle reflects to all and sundry that her grandchildren looks up to her as a field of study to learn virtue from.

Mum's Early Life.

I am privileged to know about her early life because she once told us how she was raised by her parents. She is loved by her parents and siblings because of her hardwork and resilience.

After the lost of her father during the Nigerian Civil War, things went from bad to worse. She was determined to support the family in her little way by helping her mother with her farming occupation.

She faced humiliation and mockings from her mother and people around her when she gave her life to Christ. But she never gave up and such resilience gave birth to the upbringing we enjoyed from her. She nurtured us in the same fear of God of which i am eternally grateful.

Mum's Occupation

Although my mum was not educated, she desires to be but nobody to sponsor her in school, having lost her dad, they were left to fend for themselves. She managed to acquire an elementary 6 level (primary 5 now) of education then. Her brilliancy granted her the ability to acquire the knowledge to read and write.

That made her venture into business and farming as her major occupation and was determined to support my dad to ensure we were trained up to university level.

Mum's Sacrifice

The sacrifice of my mum cannot be overemphasized. She is an epitome of sacrifice. Mum has countless times sacrificed her food just for us to eat, her clothings just for us to be clothed, her sleep to pray for us just to be healed and blessed.

She wakes up as early as 4:00am daily to go for her business. She has sacrificed her life in diverse circumstances for my family and I. She run the family and covered up for my dad when we faced hard times that nobody knows about it.

My Mum: My Prayer Warrior

I learnt prayer through my mum. I remember when i was still a kid, she will ask us to fast and pray from 6am to 12pm.

As a child, i heard her countless times weeping and sobbing in prayers, calling our names and making demands from heaven on behalf of her family.

I never knew such mantle of prayer was transfered to me. Even now, she is still my intercessor because she still occupies that position.

A Woman of Faith

Mum believes with God all things are possible with every fibre of her being.

I remember when i got admission for my HND. Dad had no money and no contract at hand. I love education so much that i applied trusting God for supply. When it was time, i became discouraged because help was not in view.

My mum gave me a little token of all her savings, though i was happy but yet sad. Because it won't suffix for my tuition fees and other payments. But she said to me "take this money and go to school, for God will provide". I left, but today I am a graduate, since 2017 because of the faith of my mother.

Why she is a Gift to me

She is a gift to me because.....

1. She taught me the ways of the Lord.

2. She is my guiding angel: she corrected me severally and gave me counsels that has saved me from harm. At a point I prayed to God to give me someone like my mother as a wife.

3. She is an amazing intercessor

4. She is hardworking and a faith woman

5. She is an epitome if sacrifice

6. She is indeed a helper sent from God.

7. She is Godfearing. I love and started experiencing God's presence as a child, courtsey my mum.

8. She is a goal getter, ambitious and resilience.

CONCLUSION

Indeed my mum is a gift from God to me. My love for her propelled me to compose a poem for her during my NYSC. Because her tenacity and inner strength is awe-inspiring.

My Mother

Ever before i was conceived
She existed, lived, still living.
She is graced and beautified.
She has wisdom and faith,
of a kind that her eyes,
lit, full with interest and expectations.
She is a heroine,
an epitome of sacrifice
My Mother.

Created and made with delicate, intrinsication
of passion and love towards her children
her beneficient soul melts for the distressed.
She goes through harsh weather,
to hatch the eggs of virtue and potent in her children.
She can decipher her childrens mood.
Very protective like an hen towards her chicks.
She hides her feelings just to make her
family glad and happy.
My Mother.

Who against all hope, believed in hope
that their is light at the end of the tunnel.
Despite the unruly behaviour of her children.
She has an eagles eyes,
seeing beyond the present
perusing into the future of her kids,
then correcting with words and the sparks
In order to forge us into the instrument,
fit for future use and benefits
by decimating the bad attributes
through her discipline.

The change she desired in her kids,
comes very slowly but swiftly and stenly.
But the virtue of patience fills her bowels
until the image of the future she saw,
right from my birth is manifested.
Becoming my dreams and ambition today,
being judiciously moulded
will manifest greatly because of...
My Mother.

I also dedicate this post to all mothers who have been able to sacrifice themselves for their family. They will reap the fruit of all their labours.

@steemalive, this is my post entry to contest: My Mum: A gift from God to me.

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