The Tears of a Mother

If you watch Bishop TD Jakes or you have followed his ministry for a length of time, you may know that his daughter got pregnant at age 13. I’m going to fast forward to the best part of the story. A few weeks ago I watched him preach at a different church, and he said that when he travels to other cities people come up to him and ask about his daughter. He laughed because he said they used to want to see about him, and now they want to know how she is doing and where she’s preaching. I can relate because I was captivated by her testimony the moment I heard it. His daughter is now a powerful preacher and speaker, and the anointing of God is clearly evident in her life. The same day I heard Bishop Jakes tell that story I watched her preach and couldn’t stop crying under the weight of her anointing. But what about the middle of their story? I don’t know all the details of what it was like for him as a father grieving over the loss of his daughter’s innocence and what it was like for her to fear being a pregnant 13 year old in her father’s megachurch and ministry. But what I do know is that God is faithful. In all of this there had to be a level of faith that Bishop Jakes had that God was going to work everything out for the glory of God. He had to know in the depths of his soul that his daughter would not only be okay but that she would thrive in spite of how the pregnancy looked. I know I have cried for my son, and I am imagining that if you are a parent you too have cried for your children. The tears of frustration and disappointment are a part of the child rearing process. Are they not the same tears God must have cried over us? We don’t always get it right, and I am sure the path that we take doesn’t always match the path He set before us. This will post the day after Mother’s Day, but after all the joy or pain of Mother’s Day I ask that you don’t lose hope. There is always hope that our children will become who God has called them to be. We can see it in the Jakes family, and we can see the growth in our own lives. Nothing is impossible or too big for God no matter how it may look now.