Between Mother's and Father's Day

 I find it an interesting time to be alive.  We are in between the two days when we celebrate moms and dads.  In our day and age we are redefining the basics about what each of these things are.  At its beginning the Bible describes God as having created humanity in His image as male and female.  Both are needed for the proper family.  The father is to father the child, and the mother is to mother the child.  Male and female - mother and father.  

Our culture has done and is doing its best to simply make mothering and fathering a matter of desire and non-biological relationship.  But this is not fitting with reality.  I have had many women be motherly on my behalf, but I only have one mother.  Many men have been fatherly but I only have one father.  When we confuse this, it becomes impossible to maintain a connection to reality.  

We need to return to understanding life not according to our own views or our culture's views, but instead by the unchanging words of our Maker.  Mother's are to be celebrated - especially those who mother according to God's design.  Father's are to be celebrated - especially those who father according to God's design.  And we can certainly be thankful for those who are motherly or fatherly toward us, but we must remember that they are not our mother.  Nor are they our father.  We must maintain the boundaries that God has set.  

To Him be the Glory.