For Mothers in Waiting

This post has been stewing in my heart for several hours, as I see all the Facebook messages celebrating mothers, and recognize that I am not alone - I am not alone in this space of waiting. Even as we celebrate those who have mothered us - biological mothers, adoptive or foster mothers, othermothers, auntie-mamas - I am praying for you. I feel you, my sisters, known and unknown, as you wait for the gift of motherhood, hold on to hope. I am speaking to God the Mother (Isaiah 49:15; Psalms 131:2) on our behalf.

You know whom am thinking of
You see her right now
Celebrating her own mother
Yet yearning to be one herself
Dear God calm and quiet her soul
Like a weaned child with its mother
Comfort her
as a mother comforts her child

You know whom am praying for
You know her better than she knows herself
Because you knit her together in her mothers womb
Yet she waits to feel one growing in her own
Won't you come to her aid Mother God
Whether she is missing being a mother
Due to barrenness or miscarried babies
Or she is still waiting for a husband
With whom to make those babies
Won't you please hear her prayer

Sister in the struggle
Keep on hoping
Yet
While you occupy that space
Give yourself away 
Love the motherless and the unmothered
Hug a child who needs to be comforted
Provide from the bounty of your blessings
Nurture and nourish the needy child near you

Sister in the struggle
Maybe a child from your own womb is not in your future
But that does not mean you cannot be a mother
So let not your heart be troubled
Give
Love
Hug
Provide
Nurture
Because motherhood is more than biology
Let your hands hold the one that God brings your way
Let your heart love the ones that comes into your life
Let your hurt be healed as you heal
The child, young or older
Whom God brings along your path

So happy hopeful mothers day
From one waiting mother to another.