Friday May 01, 2026

Eve came from Adam but no one calls him “mamma mia”, and we are quick to assign origins to terms like sire, begotten, and copulation, and when we do we abandon the most intimate of interactions and relationships. Mother Jerusalem may not strike you as particularly  impressive and relevant to all humans, but God has a Son apart from motherhood, and when God put his Son on display he needed a mother. Enter Mary, of the lineage of David.

MOTHER and life

Faith-mother-LIGHT seeing nurture as promise |

You will have seed – descendants – Genesis 3:15

Hope-mother-LIGHT trusting gestation |

All the living have hope – whether they are conscious of it or not.

But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. (Psalms 22:9)

Love-mother-LIGHT embracing care |

Motherly love beckons to us as the temporary standard of care and affection.  Its failure is not a reflection of God’s faithfulness or reliability.

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. (Isaiah 49:15)

Death-mother-LIGHT becoming portal to Immortal’s life |

The moment human beings are born they begin the journey to death, and thus a mother’s room becomes part of that necessary cycle: non-existence, life, and death

Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, And in sin my mother conceived me. (Psalms 51:5)