Sunday, May 6, 2007

Monday’s thoughts

“My God; It’s My Mother”

The sermon Sunday, May 13th will present the philosophical ideas of Christian existentialism. Existentialists believe we must face the absurd in life. If we want to find meaning we have to work our way through the absurd. The absurd is part of what it means to be alive. It is a part of the frustration of living. We are like the Myth of Sisyphus who is consigned to eternity by having to roll a rock up a hill only to have it fall down the other side, and then to push it up the hill again with the same result. There is in life the frustration and absurdity that we have to learn to deal with. We try to ignore it and it will defeat us. If we try to fight against it it will overtake us before we are aware of it. What we have to learn to do is work through it.

Motherhood, by itself is filled with wonderful moments and complete absurdity. The function of motherhood is to raise a child so the child can become adult and leave. Mothers have the task of working their way out of a job.

Tess Stackhouse sent me a poem she thought was appropriate to Mother’s Day. Tess is one of our youth. You can see in this poem the importance and the pathos of Motherhood.

My Mother
Who loves me always
Whatever I do.
With love unchanging
And steadfast and true?
Who helps me over the roughest of ways
Her commendation my highest praise?
Who’s brought me the most
Of the real joy of living?
Mother the dearest dear gift of life’s giving
-Isa L. Wright

 

My Mother
No sweetheart or friend could ever be as dear
And true as you are to me;
And so each day the whole year through
I turn with loving thoughts to you
What are some of your thoughts about your mother and Mother’s Day? What are some of the memories you have about what it means to be a mother and about who your mother is or was to you that reflects the wonderful aspect of human interaction as well as the absurdity of what it means to be human?
I’d love to hear from you. Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. I you are willing to have others read your thoughts click on the “comments” box below.
I look forward to your emails.
Charles
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