Buy the Truth

Proverbs 23:23a & 25b "Buy the truth and sell it not.....and  she that bare thee shall rejoice."

I just experienced wonderful blessing, tribute and fellowship at a Mother's Day Breakfast this morning.  One if the things that was expressed was the value of a mother's prayers.  My tears always fall when I recall my mother's prayers for me. I cry because I remember how she would cry when she was in prayer for her children.

Also mentioned this morning was the fact that the connection between a mother and child is exclusive. Just the two of them experience it. There is a need for a  mother to deeply feel the needs within her child. Likewise,  all my life, I had a need to be connected with my mother.

Looking back on my relationship with my mother, I think I now understand how those tearful prayers were pleas to God that her children know and truly understand truth and then that they would embrace and live that truth out in their lives and pass it on.

Today,  I understand the burden and passion in those prayers. As a mother, my heart daily reaches up to God begging Him to reveal Truth (with a capital T) to my children.  Often those prayers are accompanied by tears, because it is the single most important desire in my life, next to my own salvation, and right along side with the preservation of my marriage.

There is also another Proverbs verse that says to bind mercy and truth around the neck.  I wasn't the perfect mom. In those early years, I was tireless in my commission to teach Truth to my children. I don't regret my investment of time and energy. But I can remember the times I collapsed  on my knees behind closed doors, wondering if I was getting the job done right. Was I binding it too tight  or was I choking them with my intensity?

I still am not sure I had the right balance of mercy and truth. But I do know my heart was in the right place. I was trying to do the right thing. I was passionate in my quest to plant the Truth in their hearts. God would have to water and cultivate the seed planted.

Today, on Mother's Day, I cry, and yet I rejoice,  as my children give me accolades. I am so glad I invested in Truth. It is paying dividends!