The Hug That Was Years in the Making
It happened three years ago now, but I don’t think I’ll ever forget it.
For many years, because I was preaching, I was not able to be with my mom on Mother’s Day (or my dad on Father’s Day). She was with dad, worshiping while he preached and I was preaching elsewhere.
I did my best to call on Mother’s Day and it was always a joy to hear her be happy to hear from her son, but there was just something different about not seeing her on that special day, and knowing that I couldn’t see her.
Then, as you likely know, we moved to where my parents live and I preach where they worship. So, finally, after all those years, on Mother’s Day 2019, I was able to hug my own mother on Mother’s Day. While it may not have been a huge deal to anyone else, it was to us, because it was a hug that was years in the making.
Since that special moment, though, I have done quite a bit of thinking. Those years of not being able to see or hug mom on Mother’s Day were hard, but that one moment when we could hug was nothing but joyful.
While I know we are not married nor given in marriage in heaven, I still think we will know who each other is. Maybe you have a mom that you have not been able to hug for a few weeks, months, or years as we come to this Mother’s Day. And maybe it is not because of distance or travel difficulties. Maybe it is because that mom has passed from this life.
You wish you could call her on Mother’s Day, but you can’t. You can’t even text or email. And, certainly, there will be no hugs.
But…if we do know one another in heaven and she is there and you, by God’s grace, also are there…what a joyful hug that will be! Can you imagine the joy that will flow, not because it is Mother’s Day, but because you both made it to your eternal home, where separations are no more.
That will be a hug a lifetime of faith in the making.
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AUTHOR: Adam Faughn
