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and inspiration that mothers and mother figures can provide. So my name is Angela
and you are listening to Talking Point now. Usually it's three of us today,
however, lots of things have got not gone to plan today, so
because's currently just myself with the studio. Unfortunately, my co hosts Zenya and
Pedro. Yeah, I need to see what's happening. Pedro isn't feeling too
well today, so Pedro, I hope you have a speedy you get better
soon, a speedy recovery. And Zenya hopefully he's going to join me.
Shortly. I'm just trying to work out whether she is come to come online
with me on Zoom. But until then, we'll keep the program going and
see how we get on. So I want to welcome you to Talking Point.
It's been a lovely Sabbath day today, the tenth of March. How
are we almost three week or so gone through March already? But thank you
for joining us, and hopefully you're going to be inspired by what I'm going
to be talking about and sharing, and hopefully it's only will come on I
have a bit of conversation, but what we're going to look at today and
the month of March is traditionally our Women's month, and it's traditionally around the
world Women's month as well. So we're going to be throughout this month talking
about women and special women in our lives, special women who are making a
difference in the community, and also just getting some inspiration from characters in the
Bible, the role that women played and the women that have inspired us.
And mixed in that we'll have some music and some spoken word, et cetera.
So today I really want to touch a little bit about International Women's Day,
which was on Friday, yesterday, So Happy International Women's Day everyone around
the world, wherever you're listening from. And then there's also a special day
tomorrow, judicially in the UK it's Mother's Day, so we really want to
kind of I want to celebrate and say thank you to our mothers. Now
I'm saying mother and I'm using that as to use that as my umbrella term
to talk about mothers, mother figures, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, anybody
who possibly has a mothering role. So that's going to be our topic for
today. So I'm gonna start with a piece of music and I just want
to say, yeah, I just want to praise you by Maurette Brown Clark.
We want to praise our people that make a big difference in our lives.
And if you would like to do a shout out to any of those
mother figures or those women who are inspirational to you, please do share your
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a thought from an inspirational woman in your life, please do join in the
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seven four five ninety six four two eight nine eight. So we're going to
play. I just want to praise you by Maurett Brown Clark. I just
want forever. Come on ever you done, Fummy the same time listen and
Donna Hey below be below, thank you Jesus day see me. We just
come to forevermen for reverend Yeah, yeah for all that. Chip don fummy
put your hand on your chest and say fummy, pully can nobody tell it
like you can tell it? And Donna Hey billow to you to Jesus,
get some growded out about my son. Thank you Jesus, Thank you,
jee speed come on and clap your hands. You've got some phrase up in
here. I'm gonna phrase up forever and never and never and table for everything
that you turn from me, everything that you tell. Pumpy pumpy, pumpy
pummy, you just saved the glory. You're just somebody on the cheese.
Everything to you, to you too, je. So we say thank you,
mama, as said momma. See, they just want to thank you,
cheese rever devil. We've got to right to have We've gone right to
praise you. We've gotta right to bless you because we're been thinking about everything
that you're done for us. Some of us rays our hands, some of
us cut my hands. Some of us sleep, some of us sleep because
he brought us some money. The head and tefer thing but looks to your
cheat. Everything belongs to your cheat. We come to let the world done
now with nothing without your hat, we ain't talk to bless your day.
We've come to bless Sunday. Go on and help me lift got up fine,
he deserves it to be ahead. Come on, les Sy today,
come on and let's bless his day. We've come together, and we come
together, and good head we come to give. We have come together.
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some some of bloring. Do just so so me, wyn't you make me
to bless you? You've created me a blessing, So I b a raiser.
I'm gotta ride write to bless him. Oh no, bless your HOLI
name. I wanna bless your holding name. I don't know him. He
came, not giving your name, praise, not giving your neck? Brain?
Why because he's worthing? Why because he's holy? Why because he's right?
Just? Why because he's just God? We bless him, We bless
him, We bless him, We bless him, bos big grains be raising,
praise we you, we are you, where are you will miss us?
Towns bout pray blesser par bless you, pray blesser pe blessings. We
bless you. Pray, bless your love, impressure love can your name glory?
Yeah, colorre thank your cheese mother, please halloo jam, thank you
cheeser. Okay, I just want to praise you, Maret Brown Clark.
And yes, dear heaven Father, we want to praise you and for blessing
us with another sabbath, dear Lord, and blessing us with special people in
our life. And before we get started and we go deep into our discussion,
and let's have a word of prayer, Father God, Well, I
thank you for blessing us. Dear Lord. We want to praise and we
want to thank you for all the things that you have done for us,
bringing us safety through another week, Dear Lord, and blessing earth with a
Sabbath day of rest. As we're going to talk now about special people that
you've created and have been inspirations for our lives, Dear Lord, and played
a big part in our lives. Dear Lord, I want to pray that
you will bless our conversation, bless what we're sharing with our listeners today,
and that people ended will be will be blessed from that. I thank you
for hearing and answering to my prayer. Amen. Amen. So it is
no longer just me in the student on the show today. Zenya has joined
me. How are you doing, Xenya, I am good. Hello to
all our listeners. Anthologies if I have to dip in an out. There's
a lot going on on my side, including my neighbor doing repairs, oh,
drilling, hammering. I've been a bragging I'm not sure if its coming
through on your end. But if it is, just let me know.
Okay, I can't I can't hear anything at the moment. Hopefully people can
hear you, Laddin clearly from off at the beginning. But yes, so
good to I say see you. I can't actually see you, but good
to hear your voice as always my partners. Well. And as I say
that, I remember the early days and the past away was here. He
would be sort of teasing to no end the six months he didn't see me,
It's true. And we saw a lovely picture of you and we were
like, is this what Zenya really looks like? You know how sometimes you
can kind of create those pictures. And as I'm talking about that, my
sister has found whatever app it is, I don't even know what it's called,
but she's one of those kinds of AI type apps where you can put
your face and merge into something else. So she's been changing her age,
you know, what she looks like, even her skin color, hair color,
everything, which has been quite interesting work had they And I tell you
she's she's yeah, we need to keep her on too much. I mean
it's really quite interesting. I mean, you know, there's something really interested
about it and quite fascinating, but also really scary as well, because you
just think, you know, where does how far does all this all this
kind of go? And we, you know, we hear these horror stories
of all these things that may have Yeah, I was really about to be
fair, it's how far will it? Will it go? Can it go?
And you know what what damage can it do in the wrong hand?
Exactly exactly, but yes, but you know, further bit of fun sometimes
it can be interested. Changed our director to a woman with long hair and
long blonde here dancing some tune and sent it about and yeah, it started
a bit of chaos, but in the name of fun, indeed, And
how was your week? Being a busy one is always, yes, busy,
dealing up a lot of things on my end. I went away and
true to form, I've come back to a bit of Mayhem and Madden,
but really glad that I went. Enjoyed the trip and just trying to settle
back into some sort of a routine at the minute. Yeah, so yes,
so here we are. Enough a week is gone, and you know,
I'm kind of my marvel. I mean, we we always mentioned this
about, you know, the month, the years the days, the weeks,
and the months are going past very quickly, and we are here in
March already, so we're a quarter of we're kind of almost a quarter of
a way through the year of twenty twenty four already, which you know is
just amazing. But I guess, you know, sometimes I think, you
know, sometimes time is flying past. You know, we're always talking about
God is coming soon. So hopefully that's bringing us a little step closer to
when he may be returning. We never know when, but you know,
i'd like to think sometime soon. So yeah, but what look on my
friends my friend's status I just saw a few minutes ago. She's got two
hundred and something sleep still Christmas, No, no, no, don't do
that. Oh Christmas about that. Let's not even let's not ever go there.
But that's you know, but one thing that does look like it's hopefully
getting a bit closer. It's spring. Oh yeah, I can see the
flowers. Yes, I drove in and I just saw a whole bank of
daffodils, and I'm just like, oh, you know, it's a bit
it's not The sky is not that blue where I am today, there's no
bit gray and dull, but that sort of flash of yellow against the green
is just beautiful. And I'm sort of thinking, you know, see lots
of flowers out and about starting to peek through the blossoms on the trees.
So spring is hopefully on its way here in the UK. So hopefully that's
gonna It's been a mild winter. It has, I think we can complain.
It really has been on the milder side. So yes, we count
ourselves blessed. Yes, indeed, indeed, so today, see how you
are? I think delay I've been okay, it's the beginning of the Yeah.
Last week I wasn't well actually, you know, and so i'd come
down with a bit of a cold, which you know, unfortunately seems to
kind of linger. Last week I didn't really have much of a voice.
So definitely much better from that. But again, you know, quite a
busy week. Yeah, but you know, got through it. I had
a team day with my team at work yesterday, and actually it was really
nice to kind of see people sometimes this whole I don't mind working from home,
but actually being amongst there's something to be said about being amongst people,
amongst your colleagues and being able to kind of share ideas and talk to people.
You know, God didn't design us to be on our own, you
know, so schellarship connections, you know, meeting people. So it was
a really nice day and actually for once the whole team were you know,
we often have you know, in a couple of days a week, but
not everybody's always in the same place, so it was really nice to do
that. So yeah, definitely see the value in connections. You know,
sometimes I'm able to get to church in the way that I'd like to,
but so you kind of miss out on that. But yeah, definitely from
a fellowship perspective, Yeah, definitely good. But yeah, but all good.
Yeah, just trying to shift this cold, which hopefully won't. Then
we just went I'm talking about spring and all the flowers whatever. I just
hope it's not going to transfer into hay fever because that'll be the next thing,
you know. But indeed, indeed, I'm going to repeat that and
you're the same as they say. So yeah, So, as I started
off by saying at the top of the show that wanted us talk a little
bit. We're celebrating Women's Month and month of March traditionally there and international Women's
Day was yesterday, and it really is a time to recognize sort of the
achievements and maybe even highlights of the struggles that women having from more different kinds
of walks of life. And I think it's really one of the theme of
it this year was inspiring inclusion. And you know, again sometimes we hear
these sort of buzzwords and we think, oh, you know, inclusion,
what does that mean and what have you? But this one is that,
you know, and last year, and I think the show that we played
last week talked about equality and equity. Now again there's slightly two different things,
but the idea is that you know, we are but people have the
opportune we have opportunities to do the things that they need to do, and
that should be equal all round whatever that's and equity kind of means that you've
got the relative things to people where they're at, et cetera. And this
year is the inspiring inclusion. So I guess, you know, I figured
that was kind of an interesting and really interesting one. Now, International Women's
Day has been going for other holmost a century. I guess was first held
in March nineteen eleven, and really it's the idea of global a collective global
activism and celebration for those who are committed to forging women's equality, a sort
of well known feminist journalist and activist Gloria Steinem apparently once said the story of
women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist or to any one organization,
but it's a collective effort of all who care about human rights, which I
thought was quite an interesting an interesting statement. So really it's not just sometimes
we think about these awareness days, it's just centered on the people that it's
focusing on. So it's just women who are doing things for women. But
actually it's really not. It's going to be a collective thing. It's everybody
can play a part, should play a part, which kind of brought to
mind a text actually from by Where's a Paul? In Galatians Galatians three twenty
twenty eight, there is neither jew nor genta, anither slave nor free,
nor is there male and female, For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
So again you know the idea that whilst we have our differences, we
are still a collective, and as Christians we are no one in Christ.
So the idea that everybody can be involved in that and everybody has a part
to play. Is an interesting one. But when you hear the word inclusion,
what does that mean for you? Zenya? And I think you've said
it just that you know everyone can be and should be part of the collective.
There should be no discrimination, there should be no stereotypes, there should
be no biases, and I think that's the aim. That's what we're heading
forward. We're making progress, but we're not exactly there. When you spoke
about the collective, I remember we are off the back of the conversation we
had last time and the program you would have we played the last week.
We spoke about doing a men's version of this woman. Yes, I'm sorry
that sounds confusing, but what we wanted to do is have the men talk
about what international women's they means to them. Yes, because I think we
came to that conclusion when we had the conversation last time, that no,
it's not just a woman's issue, it's everybody's issue, and the men have
to pay a play rather equal or even more important part, because they are
the ones at the table. Perhaps they're the ones that are had in the
conversation. Is that need to move the needle on and yeah, I feel
like I think that's something we're working on. It may come this month,
it may not, but definitely it is no bias, no stereotypes, no
discrimination. We're all in this together, indeed. And can you imagine a
world if it was like that? I mean, I kind of, you
know, I mean, it feels quite hard to understand that. And yes,
and the only place I can think of, okay, which is where
we're aspiring to be, is heaven when God comes. But you know,
I wonder kind of you know, and I guess when those questions they have
to say that if you ever wanted to speak to God and ask him questions,
I really would want to know how his version of the world, what
it would have looked like. You know, what did you God, what
did you want it to be like? Now we've got indications of that when
we know we read our stories in the Bible and what that first that first
few I don't know the timeframe of it, but how the first you know,
when he went creation and when he created Adam and Eve and what have
you. But yeah, you kind of wonder what that would have been because
I I, you know, there's a lot to be said about we talk
about equality, and sometimes I wonder whether for some people equality means we have
to be exactly the same everything said, but we have to celebrate our differences
within that. Yeah, And that's where the word equity comes to play,
isn't it. It's making sure that we understand that we are at different places.
No, we have different needs, different responsibilities, et cetera, et
cetera. But wherever we are and whatever our needs and all of that are,
we should be able to make the same sort of progress. We deserve
the same treatment we deserve, you know, to have the same rights human
rights. Yeah, definitely, And I guess think that's where they tried to
focus last time. Equity. Yes, where we're at, we're providing you
whatever you need to to be successful to progress. Yeah, yeah, And
I guess it's you know, when we I mean, we talk about this
and you know often on you know, awareness days like International Women's Day,
you know, you think of it as a very like a very broad picture.
It's a global movement, it's a global awareness day. You know,
people are doing different things around the world, and sometimes you think, well,
what can I do? You know, I'm in in my little corner
here. But again, when we're talking about we have a part to play,
you know, it's thinking about what you can do on an individual basis,
and I guess you know, we're saying something like that, it's really
important to understand and value and seek how what the inclusion of women and young
girls and you know will look like. You know, if people aren't included,
you go somewhere. If women aren't, there is maybe stopping and asking
well why not. And you know, if you work in a company and
you see things that sen you work in HR so you you know, I'm
sure involved in recruitment, and I wonder and I guess there's levels of this
you can do. How much you can kind of say no, that kind
of has that kind of a word I was going to say positive, I
was gonna say positive discrimination, but that's not what I mean. But in
the sense of, you know, you have an agenda in terms of the
way you're recruiting and having X matter people in particular roles and what have you
maybe kind of actively recruiting for specific positions sure everybody is represented. Yes,
for calling out bad behavior, I mean, that's that's one of the easiest
things or props lots of these, but that's one of the things that we
can do call out, as you said, when we see things that don't
look right, don't seem right, I'm not right, particularly as it pertends
to women and them being represented and their voices. We heard, yeah,
and I guess the question as well. And I guess we were talking about
this the other days in Yeah. You know, in terms of when we
think about the roles that women play and things that we sometimes there are people
who might think, oh, you know, women should only do certain things.
Yet here we are kind of saying, well, we want women to
be in different spaces, we want them to be included different things. I
mean, sometimes that messaging doesn't always doesn't always play out in certain environments.
So we're talking about children, if they're at school, are they kinds of
encouraged to seek out maybe non traditionally or stereotypically female professions or activities and that
kind of thing. I wonder if that messaging happens right across the board.
I suspect it maybe, But do you think it's important that those that kind
of messaging that you know, you were able to do things no matter of
who you are, and you know you can get into those spaces if you
work hard or try to place yourself there, et cetera. Yes, of
course, and you're right, it starts. I think it starts there.
It starts, you know, when we're talking to our young girls, young
boys. You know, if we're ever going to change the narrative, we've
got to change generation by generation, you know. So we can't wait till
we're in the boardroom. We've got to start in the classroom at home.
No. Yeah, and I guess it is. I'm certain that it is,
but perhaps not as much as it should be. And again, this
is where I say, everybody has an opportunity to calling these things out to
make a difference, whatever sphere they're in. If you're a teacher, if
you're a head teacher, if you're you know, wherever you are, wherever
you're positioned, you can sort of let your voice be bad and try to
make or initiate change. I think that's possible. Yeah, I mean I
kind of. I mean for yourself. I mean, I'm trying to think
when I was younger, was that what I was hearing? I mean,
if I'm gonna be honest, I can't really I feel like I can't remember,
but I kind of do. I do remember my parents saying, you
know, pushing me and encourage pushing, but encouraging me to try different things,
get involved in things. I don't think I was ever told, oh,
you can't do that because you're a girl. I don't ever remember hearing
messaging like that. But for some people maybe that is the case. But
I was. I know, I was always encouraged to try and do you
know, to try and do my best, to excel, to try different
things, get involved in different activities that you know, and some I know,
I did lots of things as a child that maybe, you know,
maybe because of my background or culture, may not have been expected, but
I did them any way. So I'd like to think, you know,
my parents weren't necessarily saying, okay, you have to do certain things because
you're a woman and you're a young girl. And was that simpler for yourself?
Would you say? We don't remember even having the conversation, to be
honest, and that's not to say it didn't happen, but I remember.
But what I do know is that there are certain things I just never thought
of doing. And again that's the mindset. I never thought of becoming a
mechanic. I never thought of becoming a firefighter. It just didn't it didn't
cross my mind. I thought teacher, doctor, lawyer, you know,
nurse whatever. But and I think that's what I'm saying. We need to
change the culture, maybe the thinking, maybe having these conversations very early and
saying, you know what the world is, oyster, it doesn't matter.
If you're a guy and you want to go into the salon, you can.
If you're a woman and you want to go into you know, engineering,
you can. And again on me saying that, it sounds like,
you know, for me to say that, it's like I'm feeding right into
it. Well, that's that's how I thought. Very you know, I
didn't think of anything else. And I don't know that there was a conversation
about it. It was just how it was. Yeah, yeah, that's
true. I mean, yeah, it'd be interesting. It'd be interesting.
I mean, maybe it is. Maybe it's something that we could we could
maybe collaborate with the uc Y crew and kind of ask them because you know,
you hear that. I mean you hear you hear them and sometimes you
know, I marvel, like you know, listen to them speaking and the
insights that you can provide. And sometimes when you hear young people, children,
young people speaking, you're just like, wow, it's a it is
a whole new world. They have access to so much, but you kind
of wonder what's surrounding them encouraging them to kind of get into different things.
But also, you know, as much as we don't necessarily think of some
of those professions maybe to go in and what have you, I also and
it's very sad to even think that, you know, as advances we are
where we are, you know, society unfortunately doesn't necessarily often support that.
Either some of these organizations or these professions they are not kind of they're not
built to support women. And I say built maybe not quite the right word,
but they kind of don't necessarily meet the needs of women. Unfortunately,
we hear all too often in the news, and I remember hearing something this
week that you know, some of these places don't appear to be very safe
places for women. You know, it can be very misogynistic, it can
be very often very male dominated. But the attitudes towards women, and you
know, the way women are treated in some of those spaces unfortunately cause a
lot of women you know, a lot of heartache, and often they're almost
forced to leave professions and jobs that they really love doing. You know.
So again this is kind of having to feed from top down to say,
Okay, we need to try and change the culture of some of these these
organization than these professions and really sort of think. But you know, it's
a bit of a catchually too. You need women in some places to do
some of that. You need the men who are going to be supportive all
of all of this in the first place. Yeah, that's what we're saying.
You've gone right back to the point at the top. It's a collective.
It's everybody's business and it's going to take everyone being involved to make the
change. And it does a change in culture and thinking. Yeah, and
that's often the hardest change is to make. Yeah. And ultimately, you
know, when we think about when we think about as Christians and the kind
of difference we want to make in the world. You know, again,
Jesus and God has created all of us, He's created us equal, you
know, he would we have to think about how we would want to be
treated and how we should we be treating other people. So, you know,
how can we inspire, whether it's in our small corner or within our
workplace or the jobs that we do on a larger scale, how can we
impact the community so that we are demonstrating these kinds of values and quality that
we can do so again, you know, with as much as International Women's
Days one day March March the eighth, you know, this is something that
we can be doing year round. This is not just a day one day
to recognize some of these things. It's got to be an ongoing thing.
It's got to be something that we are supporting every day, you know,
and celebrating the achievements and the impact that women have within our lives. I
want to play a piece of spoken word now. This was a poem that
was written specifically for International Women's Day. It's by a lady called Sharena Lee.
Now I can't find her surname now now and she is it's a really
quite a beautiful piece, Serena Lee Sati. So she's a company spoken word
poet and she's run with her community to inspire inclusion. She supports out themes
and basically, you know, it's the idea of kind of it's quite interesting
imagery and what have you and it kind of made me think about the starting
point of where women are. So I'm going to play this piece now and
then come back and continue our discussion. So this is inspiring inclusion a sisterhood
riot for our sisters who refuse to stay quiet for the world. Can we
open the iris of our eyes and the eyelids to our soul? Can we
be seen for the souls that we shure, for the she that she is
the human being. Can we breathe in just one breath and not have to
worry it's un less away from you. Can we be seen as an equal
as this is my right to breathe here too, not having to distinguish the
difference between people, she between her, between females. Can we be sisters
of sisterhood with hearts that cluster together like shiny stars in the sky, Some
shine brighter in yellow than her majestic color of her red. Together they stand
no differences between their breath, where the language of love radiates from under the
layers of their chest, where the heart meets words and words meet friends with
the worry rest who cradles one breast, and sisters share stories of a life's
hardship and test in spaces where inclusivity thrives, sisters feel empowered sharing the stories
of their lives from one world division ocean eyes and autumn leaves, swirls of
indifference. Their togetherness speaks of injustice, of ignorance, that in one branch
they weave together, In one leaf they breathe together, belonging as a whole,
with each circular groove linked to the bark of the tree. For we
are sisters of the mothers born here and that of across the sea. Our
bodies are linked through the ear's universal energy, carried through its rimed, through
the salt in its sea, through the soil and the deep rooted trees.
They are women of different beliefs, of empathy, of poetry, of trauma,
of hope. Through togetherness, there is always a sister who binds the
rope for all sisters to feel included and not shadow band the ghost. We
will continue to create spaces, taking spaces, making waves of pure light,
for togetherness starts here, and freedom to exist, to live, to be
accepted is our birthright. Yes, there's some wonderful piece of spoken word.
They're piant. It's some really sort of interesting imagery there. There's the bit
I loved actually in that that sort of says belonging as a whole. Basically,
it kind of uses almost the analogy of trees that are kind of you
know how we kind of come together in one brunch, they weave together,
in one leave, they breathe together, belonging as a whole, with each
circular groove linked to the bark of the tree. For you are sisters of
the mothers born here and that of across the sea. Yeah, so you
know, and I like the idea that yes, there is again and as
we share, we share so many similar experiences no matter where we're from,
and I guess you know, when we come together and that we can make
those experiences positive ones. So once again, a happy International Women's Day,
whilst it was yesterday, but let's continue the idea of inspiring inclusion throughout the
year and as we're going forward to try and make a difference, and with
that that will say, going nicely into our celebration of our months actually before
I go onto that, so you know, is there any particular I'm forgetting
about this sticking with that International Women's theme? Is there any women that you
in the Bible, any Bible cat female biblical characters that have been quite inspirational
for you. Oh now she's put me on the I am and I've forgotten
about that one. Too many? Too many Esther Ruth, the widow of
Serve Mary, Oh goodness, too many. Was there anything anyone in particularly
that you thought, actually, you know who? Anybody in particular, what
particular, anything particular about them? I think for me, Esther really stands
out for her bravery, for her beauty, for her tenacity. You know,
she's she's really done. I think for her nation. She saved her
nation, really and she did so with grace. You know, she could
have done so so much. I mean, she could have been I guess
she could have cowered, is what I'm saying. She could have sort of
backed down and ran away from the from the role and the responsibility. But
she she showed up. And I think for me that that's a great example
to us women to just trust God and try not putpose in him and know
that he will help us to deliver to fulfill our purpose. I love that
story. I love Esther, and I hope that I can be called upan
and I hope I have stood up for what is right and made the right
decisions, no matter the consequence. And I kind of, you know that
she's an interesting one because I kind of think if you're thinking about this in
modern times, you know, I wonder whether you know, women would still
do those, would do something like that, considering the consequences that she potentially
faced. I sure some have, and I'm sure I'm sure there are women
all over the world who are standing up for what is right and standing up
for God and you know, facing consequences such as those. I mean,
I think we live on the very privileged side of the world, but we
understand that people are prosecuted really, you know, for their decisions, and
maybe one day that will be us, and we have to be willing and
ready to make that poice. But thankfully God came through and it was not
It was not death as she had thought. Rather she saved the nation.
Yeah, And actually that kind of brings to mind someone like Deborah being a
you know, a prophet and a judge and the kind of you know,
she was kind of in a position where she was, again, as she
said, standing up for what the right thing to do, and at the
time, you know, these are lights weren't really following God's commands at the
time, so she was helping them to kind of lead them back to Him
and again showing her strength, her courage and her bravery and complete trusting God,
because I guess she could have been overthrown quite easily. And I kind
of wonder, you know, when we think about women's women in the Bible
and how you know, the I guess the kind of culture often meant that,
you know, women weren't necessary in these kind of positions as much as
they say women in similar things today, they often were, you know,
often in the background and what have you. But there were these great leaders,
these women who actually did all these things and were able to do through
God's grace and God's strength and mighty. Yeah. So it's interesting, really
interesting. There are death there's so many. There are so many women in
the Bible that we can take our lessons from and be inspired by. Each
story unique. But there is a lesson there to be lad, you know,
whether it's one of faithful commitment to bravery and courage, you know,
there is there is a story. Yeah, I will encourage you to our
listeners find those those women in the Bible and have a read about their stories.
You know they and you know, it's funny because I was reading one
article and it was kind of saying, you know, from heroines and Harlot's
you know, so women who weren't always you know, at the top as
it were, some of them were kind of all miss and sometimes unfortunately in
society women are often seen at the bottom of the parlors it were. You
know, some things may not have changed over the years, but even some
of those women were used by God to make a difference, save a nation,
spread the word and everything else. So yeah, definitely to be led
there. So that still just now was seg nicely into who is celebrating,
So before you do, I even want to say, you know what,
look around you, look in the Bible, but look around you. There
are several women who have you know, stood out and been courageous and made
a different you know, from Harriet to you know. Yes, it's true,
it is there are you can find stories there too, Yes, which
brings to my little poem that I found called Women of Valor. In the
depths of adversity, they rise with courage and grace, They defy the skies,
their voices a symphony of hope, their actions a testament to their scope
through trials and tribulations, they stand with unwavering faith they command are women of
valor, so strong and wise in their present, the world presence the world
mesberrized. So that kind of sums up nicely just what we were saying.
So again, find these inspirational women within our Bible, find those inspirational women
within your own world's, your own community, and you know or be that
inspirational woman yourself. You know, you two can make a difference wherever you
are. So tomorrow is a special day here in the UK. Now,
often with these awareness days, whilst they're just focused on one day, doesn't
necessarily have to mean this is the only time that you celebrate look out,
gift share etc. But here in the UK it is Mother's Day. So
I'm going to say happy Mother's Day in advance to ours and our mother figures
as well. And I'm kind of using the word mother as a bit of
an umbrella term because I was speaking to Paul actually just earlier, and sometimes
you know, everybody's in very different situations and whilst there may be many women
who are mothers, there are many women who aren't for various different reasons.
And there are many people who sadly have lost their mothers, whose mothers aren't
with them any more. But we want to celebrate those women who have those
mother titleizing they've given birth to children, or mothers who are there or mother
figures or people who do mother ring as well. So definitely want to celebrate
those today. So if you do have any thoughts that you'd want to say
thank you to sort of share your thoughts about those women in your life who
have played a mother role or are your mothers. Do you get in contact
with us? You can reach us at studio at Advantage Radio dot London,
or you can text us on eight triple two eight write hope and then your
message, or you can send us a WhatsApp on zero seven four five nine
six four two eight nine eight So zeid, Yeah, did we have anybody
that had come in? I know you were looking at our social media,
our Instagram page, if I remember brightly, Have we had anybody that's come
in with anything with us today? Yes, we have, and I have
lost my phone. So we shared on our page a couple questions regarding my
th'sday or mothering or mothers, and we had a few responses not as many
as I would have liked, but you did get a few. We were
asking for favorite songs and the favorite hymns, so I'll start there, and
I don't know if you've got it lined up, but we had I think
the El's Bell's Forbid me. I've done that wrong, El's Bell's forty four,
saying that their favorite song or him was until then. Okay, you
got another choice, the old Rugged Cross. Thank you very much for responding,
and I believe you've got that song lined up as well, yes,
so if you do have the other song, we can play them both back
to back. We had Wonderful SLC responding, saying that their favorite song was
A Blessed Jesus hold My Hand by sameon out. Okay, So thank you
so much for sharing those and we will definitely, I definitely have those lined
up, so we will definitely play those at a moment. So when I
was thinking about this show today and I was sort of thinking about mother's a
text did come to mind as I was kind of researching, and this is
Proverbs thirty one, verse twenty five to twenty eight, and it says she's
closed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. When
she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.
She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness her children,
her children stand and bless her, and her husband praises her. And I
thought that was a really powerful testament to the role of mothers in our lives,
of whatever they do. So that kind of came to mind, and
there's so much we can talk about with that. But when you hear the
word mother, zigna, what comes to mind for you? And this could
be twofold, because you are indeed one, But what comes to mind for
you? Jay day Uh? Sacrifice, Yeah, sacrifice comes to mind,
patient comes to mind. And love mm hmmm. Yeah, that is a
word that is synonymous with being a mother, mothering, motherhood. It is
that kind of love that can't even be explained. It's and I'm not going
to attempt to. I think I've read some maybe shaped it before. It's
like having your heart running around on legs. I've heard the analogy and I
thought that was so true. But yeah, those are the words. But
I think of when I think of mothering, and it's the lifetime. It
is. It's not one that you can reline from or retire from. It
is. It is life long. Yeah, and that's kind of very indicative
of you know, the sort of say the sort of as a popular scripture
about love, you know, one Corinthians thirteen, what love is all about.
And you know that's what I guess so many people. That's people want
from my mother's And as you're saying about that, love is patient, love
is kind, Envy doesn't boast, it's not proud, it doesn't dishonor others.
It's not self seeking, it's not easily angered, although as you said,
it can be very challenging, very very hard. It keeps no record
of wrongs. At the end of the day, you're gonna love your love
unconditionally, and hope that's a reflection of just how God is loving us unconditionally.
And you try to. I mean it's not always easy, as you've
said, and we make mistakes with parents. I certainly put my hand up.
I think I made a mistake every day, but I think the love
is there and that's what he sees overall, and I love him and I
want the best for him, and so yes, that's the goal stand.
Let's put it yeah. And with that mind, before we play first piece
of music, I have another poem that I'd liked to share to our mothers
out there, which follows on nice of what you were just saying there.
A mother's love is something that no one can explain. It is made of
deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain. It is endless and unselfish and enduring,
come what may, for nothing can destroy it or take that love away.
It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, and it never
fails or falters even though the heart is breaking. It believes beyond believing when
the world around condemns, and it glows with all the beauty of the rarest,
brightest gems. It is far beyond defining. It defies all explanation,
and it still remains a secret like their mysteries of creation and many splendid miracle
man cannot understand. And another wondrous evidence of God's tender guiding hand Our mother's
love by Helen Steiner Rice. And with that, we're going to play our
first piece of music and dedication to our mother's And this is until then.
And I picked a version by David Phelps, my heart can see when I
passed to remember our hardy key is bad, a stepping star, all the
tree that's winding, always on word. This trouble world is not my final.
But until the my heart will go on suit until her with joy,
I'll carry on unto the day my eyes behold that city, onto the day
God calls me ing of with bill timon and lose their value if we recall
the borrows for a walk, and things of that cause my heart to trim,
remember, bring a small but on until my war will call hanib we
joy carry on unh the lies before the city onto go call on Will went
to the city on the on the day he called me. Until then,
David Phelps, Oh, beautiful voice, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, and
a lovely beautiful song. And until then, Yes, and so that's and
who was that biogains? I knew you did say. That was from el
Spell. Okay, thank you you. And that then we had do you
have blessed Jesus hold my hand? Yes? I do so, quest and
that was from wonderful SLC. Okay, so we'll play we'll play that.
In one moment, you had a text text for us any favorite text,
Yes, but I wanted to pull it up. I do not have it
pulled up yet. Can we jump to the song and then come back to
sure? Okay, So we're going to play another another beautiful song. Blessed
Jesus, hold my hand. And this is by Simeon Autoon. So ho
pronounced that started that? So if you'd like to, like I said,
if you'd like to share with us any favorite text or favorite piece of music
that you maybe as a mother. Do you like all mothers in your life?
Favorites of theirs? Do gain in contact with us? So, Blessed
Jesus hold my hand. Ready for some old time gospel. As I traveled
through this pilbram la, there is a friend who walks with me, lead
me safely through the same thing. And it is the Christ had the as
this would be my praier Lord to help me do the best idea for I
need. I lie to guy mean day and night. Blessed Jesus, all
my Helllivia too, I need every through this for the same potex p a
hear my felee ooo loo non When I knee in bra to meet you there,
Blessed Jesus, spool let me travel in the light, fee bye,
that I may see the blessed way. Kid me that I may be youly
night and say redemption song. Someday I will be a soldier. Breathe and
I'll never family. Take a slam as I ah what go candly meet the
foot blesser Jesus spool by have the l Yes, I need you entry through
this stream, through this pis of meland, protect me five by help my
feverel be would look down on me when I kneel and pile to meet you.
That the Citjesus fool of my hand by that. Oh don't I need
you to whom? I said? But he again everybody saying I need through
this so the steland, Oh my God, pay my fee, pay my
feeble feed blow. I need to live down on and then when I need,
when I need and pay. That's the Jesus fool man say. I
need to know who you. I need to know whose I I need to
go, hold my hands. I need to did I want to be William.
I need to love me hear my feet. Oh don't look, don't
know me when I when I wow, I want yeah, wow, holl
me morter hone need, Hold my husband when I need, when I need
somebody when I hid. Who sees a storm my house? This lord,
honey, you old me in the persons hold me. Happy Mother's Day to
the woman who has given her all to give me everything she never had.
To the woman with strong hands and a fierce soul who raised me to be
the person that I am. Their day is filled with stress, nights filled
with tears, dreams filled with faith, and the mind ready to take on
any fears. Every day she made sure I ate dressed well as she faced
hard work hours in order to come home. She is the embodiment of courage
and strength, a person who deserves the best, who deserves respect from the
rest who come her way. She has walked through thorns in order to guide
me to the meadows, has given me unconditional love and protected me day after
day. To the mother who has warned me with her embrace, wiped away
my tears, and prayed for me during the tough times in my life.
I love you more than words can describe. You are my will and strife
and a person and who I can confide. Always know that you have a
very special place in my heart. Mom. Thank you for everything, thank
you for saving me from the dark. Yes we are saying happy Mother's Day
and saying thank you to our mothers and our mother figures. That was a
piece of a poem there by mel pays so say yes, thank you and
mothers. And before that we heard a very up tempo version of Blessed Jesus
hold my hand. I love that by seeing me in outon and that was
a request that came through for us. So having over to u Zenya,
I know you've got a couple of other people have contacted us as well and
sent in yes. I also shared it on my own page and got a
few responses, so very much for those. I asked as well about favorite
texts, and my friend sure She responded saying her favorite text is from Psalms
one thirty nine that make sure r right one thirty nine fourteen. I will
praise THEE for I am faithfully and wonderfully made, marvelous and thy marvelous are
thy words? Sorry, and that my soul knoweth right well, beautiful text,
not maybe as popular, but certainly as powerful. I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. And that's that, I hope is the anthem of our mothers
who are listening today. She also shared her favorite song and rested Assurance.
Do you have that lined up and play that one? Okay? So we're
going to do Blessed Assurance And that's kind of one of my favorite hymns as
well. I've chosen a version by the Bill Gaithera trio, so I hope
you enjoy and thank you for sharing that with us. Blessed of shoe Jesuses
my oh wild for change of glory, Divi, heir of salvation, se
purchase, how worn of his speaks, washed in his blood. This he
is my story. This he is my soul, craising my say your day.
They is my stone. This is smile so crazy, my say you,
oh thoty, oh perfect of me John all his arist I and my
say you. I'm happy and blamest watching and wait tame looking a b filled
with his schools, lost in his low. This is my school bad.
This is my song raising my say day. This is not it's my son
ray my suit. Oh oh well, a lovely version of that song Blessed
Assurance, And that was for Remimey again, Senya Bie Hodge, Okay,
thank you so much.'s saying that was one of four favorites. You
really pulled out the archives there. I did was have a version as well.
I mean, I'm a great lover of our hymns actually, so that's
definitely on one of my favorites as well. So you had another one for
us Anya, Yes, bj one, thank you very much as well for
sending in your response. First King three fifteen. But sanctify the Lord God
in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to every man
who asketh you a reason for the pope that is in you, with meekness
and fear, love beautiful text. But scientify the Lord God in your hearts.
Be ready always to give an answer to every man who asked gets you
a reason for the pope that is in you. It's meekness and fear,
and the song is I can only imagine. And the version you've done there
is by me, yes, so I can only imagine. Thank you,
and I hope you enjoy. I can only imagine what it will be like
when I walk by your side. I can only imagine what my eyes will
see when your face is before me. I can only imagine, yes,
surrounded by your glory. One will my heart feel? Will I dance for
you Jesus, or in all of you be still, will lasting in your
presence, but you might needs when love will Lastee Holly Loot, Will I
be able to speak and all I can only imagine. I can only imagine.
I can only imagine when that day comes, in that fan myself standing
in the sun. I can only imagine when on live doy is forever forever
worship you. I can only imagine. I can only imagine surrounded by your
glory one with my heart feel when lattance for you, Geejesus, all in
off you be still, will lasting in your presence, what you my days
will laugh, all lasting, halleluia. Will love being able to speaking all
I can only imagine. Yeah, I can only imagine surrounded by your Lauren
wan away about unel Will I dance boy yes? Or in off you be
still when lasting in your presence? What's you my day's aw laugh when lasting,
halleluia. I will love being able speaking Aline you only imagine. I
get only imagion. I can only imagine. I can only imagine. I
can only imagine. I can only image. I can only imagine when online
would do It's forever forever worship you I can only imagine, and I have
the beautiful song I can only imagine shared with us there with from mercy me.
So thank you for that? Oh what am I saying? Thank you
for that suggestion, sharing that thought with you with us? So yes,
thank you. So Mother's Day now, I said, yeah, it's just
as alluded to this. I'm a studio today, not actually I said I
was on my own. I'm actually not on my own because I've actually got
my mum with me here today. She often accompanies me to the studio to
do my show, sitting quietly in the corner. I think she's a little
shy actually, so I'm not sure she wants to come on and say anything,
although she may. You may hear a commented on the background. But
yes, but I want to say thank you to my mum for being such
a wonderful person. She has some health challenges at the moment, which has
you know, changed things over the last few years, and it's really changed
a lot of things for me as well. But you know, when we
kind of think about our mother's and it's quite interesting as I've been living with
her and caring for her, and often people will say you know, sometimes
we think and oh, we like our parents, so we like them.
And as there's so many things, I realize I'm so like my mum,
which you know, not a terrible thing at all, but I can kind
of see the things that I'm doing and I think, oh, so on
my mum. I mean often people, if you to see us, would
say that I look like my mom. But I definitely have some of her
characteristics. I'm sure, she says, smiling now at me in the background,
But I want to say thank you to my mum. And it's been
a real privilege, you know, a challenge that it can be to be
able to be looking after her, staying with her, helping her doing things,
because you know, I'm giving back to what she has done for me
over these many years as well. So Happy Mother's Day, Mom. She's
laughing. Oh, hold on, she might actually want to come on,
hold on, hold on, hold on speaking to this one. Have you
want to say hello to everybody? Just say hello to our listeners anyway,
just say hello. I think she's playing shy now likes to be the voice
in the background. You are any human and a beautiful one at that as
well. So they're going to say hello, and how are we Mom?
Well, I'm going to but I've got to get to make sure that yes,
you have you have, but you have just started. Oh okay,
how are you? How are you mom? I'm fine talking to this myself.
But then again, I just forget that that's okay. How are you
today? What were you supposed to do? No, she's being shay.
So anyway, a little little little chat for my mom there, so I
want to thank you. I'm going to say Happy Mother's Day to her as
well. And it's funny. I'd bought a flowers yesterday for mum and it's
kind of interested. The lady was like, oh, do you want a
bag for your flowers? And you said, oh, I've got some bother
till because it's Mother's Day and lots of people are gonna be coming in buying
flowers. And it's interesting. That's one thing that I do all the time.
Actually, I think there's such beauty in fresh flowers in the house,
and you know, I really do buy my mum flowers by myself. Flowers.
So she's definitely got a big bunch for tomorrow. But that's kind of
a regular thing in our house. So my encouragement is people up there,
if you love plants and flowers, you know, share and give those to
those special women, mothers, mother figures in your lives and to bring a
bit of a nice, nice smile day't just necessarily keep it for one day.
I'm sure the florists are going to do a wonderful trade tomorrow with their
contributions there as well. But one of the things I picked a song,
one of mum's song favorite songs actually to play and it kind of really sums
up with some of the sort of challenges maybe that she's going through at the
moment, and they're kind of sentiments in terms of, you know, what
she's trying to do. You know, things aren't as easier as easy as
she would have you know, she's would have hoped. Maybe she's got older,
but she's one of her favorite songs, and I know she does love
this is Can't Give Up Now by Mary Mary. I know she does love
her traditional songs on her hymns, but actually my mum likes a lot of
these contemporary music choices as well. So I'm going to play Can't Give Up
Now by Mary Mary because I know for my mum, despite the challenges.
She's still remaining faithful. You know when we are when we are doing our
worship and we're praying together, you know, she's always asking for the strength
and the courage to kind of keep going despite the challenges. I'm praying for
that strength and courage to kind and the patience to kind of keep going as
well, because it is a struggle to kind of see somebody else struggling and
there's I think you can do about that. But yeah, so I want
to share that, and I'm going to encourage those people who are maybe listen
in a position to myself, who are caring, who are looking after mothers,
that it's not about just staying where you are. You can't give up
now God has got you and it's encouraging you to keep going. So this
is for you, Mum, Olivia. This is Mary, Mary. I
can't give up. Now. There will be mounted. Then I will have
to club and there will be there told that I will have fun, But
did be or it's up to me to fine? But how can I expect
to win? Did they ever tried? I just case up time, come
to far time where I start fall. Nobody told me the good would be
it and I don't. He's taught me this far to never said that would
be trial, never said I would fall, never said that everything would go
we wanted to go. But when my back is against the wall and I
feel a hole is gone, I'll just get my head up to the sky
and say, help me to be strong. Hold. I just can't up
come to the far from where I start and from nobody has told me the
road one Besy, I don't believe he's talking this far to deep. Hold,
show your head lead even when I can't clearly, I told that you
wading it up? Yeah, just to ba from where nobody told me.
It's another rod want me Dad, I don't believe you don't real plea no,
no, no no to me know that I can't be about them to
us to so I'm no a bad did the FOD looking at my ca wow?
Tell me? Don't med will be? All the words in the universe,
collectively joint together couldn't come close to defining you. Your beauty is unmatched.
The strength you possessed shows no lack. The unselfishness you portray from day
today, it's just another characteristic that leads me to say you are one of
God's most prized possession. There is no questioning the depth of your love,
the depth of the measures you would take to make sure home is taken care
of. Through sleepless nights with tear filled eyes, the reflection of your face
still stained the brightest smile that assured everyone in your world it will be all
right. How you do it, how you get it will forever be a
notion that can never be fathomed. From the stride and your walk, to
the dominance of your talk, to the resilience in your eyes and the determination
of your mind, with the pureness of your heart and the motions of your
hands, like a potter mold than clay, you are a work of art.
You are a treasure. You are a mother, God's chosen vessel.
See obstacles deemed powerless in your presence, the essence of the warrior deep down
inside of you always finds a way to push through. Despite the weight of
the world on your shoulders. You'll still find enough power to conquer anything you
encounter that agitates the well being of your child, any day or any time.
And while we appreciate the gesture of a mother's day, but as if
one day it's sufficient enough to commemorate two hundred and seventy three days of aches
and pain and excessive weight gain with Wabbo walks and emotional talks, with a
little memory loss and everlasting stretch marks, and giving up your normal routine for
a baby boss, and experiencing all these changes in your body you never even
knew existed. All three hundred and sixty five days are deserved. It is
respect well earned. Mothers. The roles you play in this life is very
much needed. So with every chance we get to breathe this breath, we
need you to know you are appreciated for the sacrifices you had to make for
the leaf of faith. Time after time after time you had to take.
You did and are doing great. So enjoy each moment you get to make
special memories with the ones you assisted God to create, and know the love
you share will never fade. Keep enhancing this world with your love. And
if you ever feel like no one sees you, please know that God does.
You are love, You are needed, You are also appreciated. Now
are the words collectively put together in this poem still doesn't come close to defining
you. At this point, I'm starting to believe you are indescribable. So
with a gratitude phil pastured heart, I just want to say Happy Mother's Day
today, end every day. Indeed, Happy Mother's Day today and every day.
And I'm saying happy birthday to my mom and Lvia Robinson, who is
sitting in the studio with me. I know she was singing along to one
of her favorite songs, Mary Mary. I can't give up now, and
I just want to thank her for not giving up and for keep pressing on
and for those mothers out there, and you know, Weded, we see
you in the As the poem says, if you feel that you're not appreciated,
that you don't feel that you're seen or your loved, know that God
appreciates what you do, He sees you, he loves you, He's there
for you. So zeb yeah, let's talk a little bit about your mother
and your mothering experience. Gracious to see it's fun today. To my mom,
I want to say, I love you, I thank you for being
there always. Our relationship is strained at best because like you, I am
caring for her. She struggles with mental ill health and they're right in the
midst I think of a crisis at the moment. So sometimes when I'm in
the midst of a cristis, it sort of colors my glasses and it doesn't
quite look how I know it is and how it should be. It's frustrating,
it's difficult, it's hard, but I don't know that I would want
it any other way. She has made me the way and made me the
woman that I am. It's because of these responsibilities and because I have had
to love her and look out for her that I feel like I have maybe
in this extra compassion, this extra care, so it's molded me into the
person I am today, and I would like to think that that you know,
I am a decent enough human being. So you know, I am
grateful to her for her love and for her prayers, for her prayers,
you know. And yes, she's not with me. Unfortunately I'm a bit
jealous, but I know she is and will be listening. And yeah,
happy mothers say to her, and happy mothers say to all our mothers.
Our mothers insion our mothers to be And Pedro is listening, and it's going
to have a go at me because I always say I say every year to
the fathers and the sisters and brothers and friends and neighbors who try to step
in and bridge the gap from mothers who are absent or from mothers who you
know have sadly passed on. So I say Happy Mother's Day to you all.
And like Angelas said, you know, it is not about one day,
like the poem said so so eloquently with the poyete, it's not about
one day. And words really can't describe a mother's loves. So yes,
thank you, okay, and yeah, I think we'll talk about my perspective
a little later because we got some messages as well coming in from our listeners
about what are the difficulties of mothering. Yes, and yeah, I'd like
to throw my two pens in there. Well okay, well but yes,
okay, And with that in mind, as you just kind of b to
mind, I mean, I kind of want to pause for a moment just
to kind of share a prayer for those who may be hurting on Mother's Day.
As you mentioned, you know, sometimes being in this role can be
a challenging one. The day can be a challenging one for those who maybe
have got difficult relationships with their mothers or no relationship or their mothers, and
along with us, so someone to share a prayer for those who may be
hurting on Mother's Day. Diar God, some days it feels too hard.
We're hurting, we're struggling, We're fighting fear and worry at every turn.
Thank you, in the midst of it all, you haven't left us to
fend for ourselves. Forgive us for doubting who you are, and forgive us
for thinking you may have forgotten us. Forgive us for believing we somehow know
the better way. You are fully trustworthy, You are all powerful, You
were able. You are lord of every situation, no matter how difficult it
may seem. You are a healer and will never waste a grief we may
carry on this day. You will use all things for good in some way.
Anything is nothing is too difficult for you. We pray for those who
may be grieving today. We ask for your comfort to surround those who weep.
We pray for the peace of your presence to cover our minds and thoughts.
As you remind us that the enemy can never steal us out of your
hands. He never has a final say over our lives. We are kept
safe in your presence, whether in life or in death. We thank you
that your ways are higher than our ways, and your thoughts are bigger than
our thoughts. We lay it all down at your feet, dear Lord,
every burden, every care, believing that that is the safest place for it
to be. We love you, Lord, We need your fresh grace every
day in the powerful gename of Jesus. Amen. So I to want to
pray for those who. Whatever your if you don't have the most positive relationship,
or you may be grieving, or may have lost a mother, we
pray for you and know that God is watching and keeping over you. I
am. I think watching one of the four fall sort of lyrics for the
song, but I think it applies my mom's favorite or one of her favorites.
She has many, some of them. I think don't apply for a
Saturday. Used a bit of a rebel. Don't know where I got that
from the song I think I told you was one day at a time,
Yes, Alan Davis, and I think it fits in nicely here. Yeah
cool, Okay, so one day at a time Colin Davis, and this
is for your mama's end. Yeah, just a moment kill me? Who
I should be? All the show me show me that i'ld r informa say
get me the check for a usus. That's all love misky from you.
Just give me the strain to do it. Pree take what I should you.
It is said, he's not jes Jesus tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord, help me today, show me thoy what when you more to love
me? Jesus snow if you love now below, it's worth a smell that
day. Cheating your scheming by so from the say just the ta want segs
a skin from us. Just give me the stred to do every day what
I had to do. Yes, Jesus tomorrow the devil man kill me today,
show me away way, Lord, help me today to show me away
share. Lord, help me today, chollyday. Lord, heal me today.
Happen me today, one day at a time. Colin Davis. And
that's for Senior and her mom. Thank you for that, Senya all right.
I was just we were talking offline whilst the song was playing about Celine
Dion's song A Mother's Prayer, and I, in preparing for this program,
came across so came across some really lovely ones when I wanted to share.
Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day with little time to stop and pray
for life's been anything but calm since you called me to be a mom,
running errands, matching socks, building dreams with building blocks, cooking, cleaning,
finding shoes and other stuff that children lose. Fitting lids on bottled bugs,
wiping tears and giving hugs, a stack of last week's mail to read.
So where's the quiet time I need? Yet? When I steal a
moment, Lord, just at the sink or at the iron board, to
ask the blessings of your grace, I see them in their small face that
you have blessed me all the while. When I stop and see their smile,
I thought that was beautiful. It just echoes. I mean, every
mother everywhere. It's juggling this, and carpools here and meetings there, and
it's always so much, it feels, but we just have to look at
their faces or maybe it's a hug or you know, whatever it is that
will just melt us and remind us that it's all it's all worth it.
So I really loved that one. And here's another author of creation. Wilt
thou hear my humble please guide my children's footsteps, Lord, and keep them
safe for me. Steer them from temptations, door and light their darkened way.
When their Lord seems heavy, let them not forget to pray. Give
them st and courage so they'll stand for what is right, and help them
sidestep trouble when they're out too late at night. Grant to them great wisdom
Lord in all they do and see, And when they need a loving friend,
bring them home to me. I thought those two were quite good.
One maybe for the younger set, and the other of the older young adults
teenagers that we have and we worry about as they come and go. I
really I thought, wasn't BLI good? Yes? Yeah, wonderful sentiments,
the wonderful sentiments there. Do you have another song that we want to play
for? Why don't we got? Do you have celenion Mother's prayer? Do
you have that one? We do? I do believe we do? Is
an'tything in particular about that song in the lyrics? I think it is a
version of the prayer that she does us with andreall Ah. Yes, I
think it's just a claye on the words where she's praying for the same but
for her children or her child. I don't even know how many does she
have. Kids'll take We'll take the lyrics for ourselves. Okay, So our
mother's prayer by Celine Dion, I pray been and watch how she good and
tend how to be hand me to lay God, every mother's spray, every
change need how to upplace God, hallowey your crowd to a place where s
peece sa fray she fought short love and whole city stop less false each now
remind how where you are, every spread every child need to find the glass,
get how with the old creases give him makes so ship said he talks
to get help with the old grass place s ok. Mother's prayer Selein Dion
from Selindion. And as it says in Onest Tessalonians five seventeen, pray without
ceasing. Prayer is our lifeline to the father. So as a mother,
do pray. Pray for our mothers, Pray for our mother figures. Pray
for those women in your love who I'm doing something in your lives and the
lives of others in our community. Because yeah, and I say pray without
ceasing, because sometimes prayer is what's really going to take us through. Because
those roles can be tough, so I know you'd answer the question. You
put that question out there to see whether what people would saying, you know,
what can be challenging about mothering and having a mother role. Any thoughts
on that. Yeah, we got a few responses, again, not as
many as I would have Glie to please let us encourage. Well, I
am encouraging. I know you have as well our listeners to chime in to
contribute. It's just it makes for a better program when we hear from you,
and we delight in hearing from you. So we heard from two persons
again, VJ one, and she said, and the responses came, you
know, from very lighthearted, lighthearted ones to no serious issues. And VJ
said that she struggles with getting her children to go to bed all the time.
And I know that the struggle is real, and I'm not sure it
ever goes away until they leave the house. If you've got a if you've
got a time in mind for your kids to go to bed, they're always
they always want to be up a little later. If it's nine o'clock,
they want to be up till ten. If it's ten, they want to
be up till eleven. If it's eleven, you know, they want to
be up till midnight. So that's a battle. We're always fighty, especially
my home. So she said that and I smiled. Another one of our
listeners respondents saying she struggles because she's trying to teach her kids the love of
God, and she's not sure she's done a good job teaching them to trust
God and to depend on God. And it started a conversation, an interesting
conversation between ourselves because I said to her, you know what, you've raised
them up in church. I mean, I don't know of any many other
mothers who have been consistent in taking their children to church. You know,
they're part of the youth clubs and youth groups in the church, and in
fact, you know, they were in church now. So I wondered why
she thought she hadn't done a good job, and she reminded me that that's
not enough, and that's not all. It's definitely the place to start.
What children have to build that relationship for themselves. And you know, if
you you've kind of you know, you give that child a foundation. There
are often many things that you know, as you said, you have to
they have to be able to make their choice themselves. But if you're sewing
those seeds, laying that foundation, that will never really leave them because they'll
always be there. You know, you hear many stories of you know how
you know, things may go a different path, but they often find their
way back exactly you know, God can God can you know change the way
things can be for that person if they can find that find that relationship with
them themselves. You know along the way, you hope that they won't have
to go and think too drastic to find their way back. But if you
set that foundation track, I mean problems trying to two success. They train
up a child and the way he should go and he is old, he
will like it. And that's really the reassurance I could offer her that you
just have to do what you can and you've belated, as you said,
book foundation and trust God to do the rest. And you know, I
always to friends and family, and I can rest easy and I will,
you know, be able to put my head on the pillow and fall asleep
no matter what decisions he makes, if I know that I have done all
I could do. Ultimately, decisions he makes, you know, the choices
he makes are his. I will love him anyway, but ultimately they're his.
And that's the reassurance I gave to her, and she knows. But
it just tells of a mother's struggle. You know, you really want and
any mother who loves the Lord wants their kids to do the same and to
make it into the kingdom. So I appreciated that response. And then we
got another response from our Instagram page erl and this one came from Wonderful SLC.
She offered Blessed Jesus hold my Hand as the song of choice, and
she just said having children was to struggle, and that made Realiz, Yeah,
that's the that shell. The struggle is realself. Indeed, indeed,
you know, I guess it was to watch the list. So she's just
sort of captioned it having children, and yeah, it's it is a struggle.
I speak personally. I struggle with having the patience I need. I
listen to some parents speak, and you know, they talk everything through and
talk everything out. I don't. I don't know. I don't have that
gene. I don't have. I should have it, and I pray for
it because I know in many cases it's the best. It's the best approach
some would say in all cases, but when I say not to do something,
I just expect you not to do it. When I've said it's seventeen
million times, I don't want to have to say it again. I just
don't have the patience to go. Well. The reason I said that you
shouldn't touch the fire was because I think that the fire is hot, and
if you touch the fire and you get bad, and I will have to
take you to the hospital. Yeah, I don't have any so I hear
that. You know. I remember Pastory used to ask me to bring him
on and I was like, I don't know. I don't know the stories
he will tell. But you know, I do my best. I know
he knows that I'm doing my best, and I love him. And just
as I discipline and I admonish, I shower him with love and I,
you know, I try to make sure that he sees the balance, he
sees the love, and he knows that I love him, and hopefully,
hopefully that is what he will take away. And like my friend said,
you know, it's trying to teach him the ways of the Lord and teaching
him to to love God and to have to build his own relationship with God
that he will take out of this house and into his own. You know.
Adulthood, I think for me is one of the most important responsibilities that
I have, and I hope in some ways I'm doing I'm doing that.
Yeah. Yeah. And as you're taking about responsibility, I mean, I
don't have children, so I'm not a mother in that respect, but I
know I would. I've played a mother ring role and been a mother figure
in the sense of I remember when I worked as a youth worker, and
I would take groups of children out on sort of residential trips, you know,
so for a week I was their their mum as it were, and
then their mothers, their children, mothers and fathers had entrusted their children to
me and my team to look after their children. And the sense of responsibility.
I just been like, oh wow, so it's not just about you
know, I'm sure you were happy to hand them. I mean, I
mean I enjoyed it. I mean, yes, but you're just like,
you know, I used to sort of thing. I mean, I mean
that's where we talk about prayer. Prayer used to be the thing. You
know, I'm driving minibus full of people's children, you know, bless me
as I drive bless as other drivers keep us safe. But also those kinds
of the things that you are trying to teach them, as you said,
the example that you're trying to show with them, and you know, those
kind of trips were often really tiring, you know, when you talk about
sort of patients and everything else. Then it tested my own patience and sometimes
I was just like, I'm so tired, I can't do this, but
I still need to be that example to them. You know, I'm cooking,
I'm looking after them, I'm doing all these things, you know,
playing that role and that sense of responsibility was a great one, you know,
and it's kind of sometimes especially when you don't necess something comes up,
you don't really know what the best solution is or the best way, and
as you said, you're doing the best that you can. But you know,
I have seem to worry am I getting this right? Am I doing
the right thing? Because you know, those children could go home and put
in a complaint and this happened, and that happened. You're like, ah,
so that lets sense of responsibility would be definitely something that I would struggle
with. You know, Am I doing it right? You know? But
at the same time, you know, when you realize that you can play
that role and the importance of that and the kind of own lessons that it
teaches you, you know, you know, there are so many experiences where
I think, you know, the struggle has been real, but when you
see the look of joy on a child's face because they've discovered something new for
the first time, or they've learnt something, or they've seen the sea after
a mile long hike as it were, you're just like, this is all
worth it. So despite the struggle of motherhood, mother ing, et cetera,
you know, there can be joy amongst all of that as well.
So yeah, it can all be worth it. On that So, on
that note, I wanted it. Sorry, I wanted to just say Happy
Mother's Day to the mothers and zion that have sort of been very instrumental in
my life and my own walk with God. Sister Duscian Jones, Anti Margaret,
Sister Donna, just wonderful women elders who have embraced me and sort of
allowed me to sit at their feet. I really couldn't close the program without
saying, have the modesty to yes having Mother's Day. So all of those
women that play an instrumental part in our lives. And thank you for sharing
that. It takes the village. Let us not forget it does. It's
not just me, it's it's everybody that says, you know, something to
him and encourages him and directs him. And you know, it's all of
us that helped to make to parents. And I don't I think we've stepped
away from that and that's unfortunate. Indeed, and said it's so important and
this is you know, also a sensitive you know, the sentiments when we
think about you know, we talked start off by talking about International Women's Day
and how we can support as women, how we can support each other.
You know, that's so important to be those role models, to be those
sisters, aunties, those listeners, those supporters, the words that we can
kind of you know, we can share with them and share with others that
really make a difference, you know, whatever roles people play. So it's
so important that we can try and do that. And you know because sometimes
and you know, I remember when I was at university doing a bit of
a study in terms of the you know, girls and women's relationships, and
they could almost I mean obviously all relationships can be very different. But sometimes
you sometimes see women pitting themselves against each other. Oh and you know,
and that sort of starts right from the school ground right up to whatever.
And you're just like, you know, we want to try and break that
because we don't do ourselves any favor when we're working against each other. But
how much stronger we can be when we do work together, when we do
support each other. Yeah. Different it is, which will segreate nicely into
probably another show. There's always going to be a part two of something and
a part three. But I guess you're saying that I do like the idea
and hopefully we can you know, we're putting a shout out to any gentleman
who would like to come onto our show and talk about, you know,
how they can be a part of enhancing and including more women into different spaces
and how they support and what those women special women in their lives and what
that's meant to them as well. So you do get in contact with us,
and you can as in I'll give out addressage. You can contact at
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Talking Point Instagram page as well. So our time is fus spent. I've
had I had looked around and here we are at seven o'clock already have you
got here, Zenya? But we've got here because we have been talking and
sharing our thoughts and our music. In celebration of Intentional Women's Day and Mother's
Day. I'd like to say, you know, thank you to those women
who are making a difference in our worlds, in our lives, and thank
you for those mothers and mother figures who are looking after a sharing and caring
for us. All any of last thoughts on that, Senya, just echoing
your sentiments. It is an important, rather important responsibility and gift the blessing,
and I just pray that though it continues to appold and to cover you
as you do what you do for us. Even indeed, and I'm going
to share to close our show a prayer blessing for all mothers. Let us
pray, Dear Lord, bless every mother and mother figure with the fineness of
your spiritual blessings confirm in her heart and spirit. The work of her hands
and the love that she has so freely given to those children under your care,
validate her worth daily, so she has no reason to doubt whether she
is loved, valued, and cherished, and cherished in the eyes of her
heavenly Father, creating her a deep sense of your protection and trust, so
that worry and fear will disappear. She places her loved ones into your care.
Let her know that every prayer she has prayed, and every encouraging word
she has spoken of her children, grandchildren, children of God, Dear Lord,
has been transformed into sweet, fragrant offerings before your throne, whisper deep
within her spirit, the sweet words she longs to hear from you, that
nothing can ever separate rate her from your love. Help her to nestle daily
into the promises of your word, standing with faith on the things you declare
are true. Let her know that you reward faithfulness, but that true success
doesn't lie in her accomplishments or accolades. Let her resten the knowledge that she
has done all she can, and that she and those she loves truly belong
to you. Bless her with a servant's spirit, so she can teach her
own the joy of hearing one day well done. Let her joy be contagious,
Heavenly Father, let her passion be pure, and let her life overflow
with the blessings she deserves on special days like Mother's Day, but not only
those days, but on every day of her life. We thank you,
Dear Lord, for blessing and keeping every one of our mothers in Jesus' name.
Amen. Oh to thank you for your time with us on Talking Points
as we're celebrating Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow and for those who
are listening, please yeah, celebrate those women, especially in your lives.
And I hope you will join us again next week for another Talking Points show.
We are continuing with our theme around we're celebrating women throughout this month of
March. Like I said, do get in contact gentlemen if you'd like to
contribute. We'd love to hear your voices on the show. We always want
to hear new voices, new people speaking to us. So I thank you
for joining us. Do you continue to listen to Adventage Radio London Live programming.
We'll be back tomorrow morning and I'm sure Mother's Day will be a theme
running through those shows as well. So that's good night for myself, Angela,
and thank you for joining us and Pedro, hope see you back well,
get bell soon and I'm want to leave you with a song for Mama.
Bye boys to men, Thank you for joining us, and have a
good evening the rest of the weekend and a blessed week as well. Thank
you for joining us by telling me everything and everything you've given me, I
always keep it inside you then driving crushing my line. There isn't anything or
anyone that I could be, and it just wouldn't feel right. I didn't
have you by my side. O. You was there for me to love
and care for me, some sky's worker anything even never I was telling you
were always there to comproment and no one else can be what you have been
to me. He will always be. You will always be the girl and
my h for all time, My mother, my mother know I hell you
fool even who had held my bother my mony order, little queen of my
love. Your love is like just from the start, let's he said,
my mind, just one shoot you know, loving you is like footure my
soul. Yes it is yes it is. Oh ooh ooh, yes he
did, Yes he did. Guess he did. Oh you always got for
me, have always been around for me. You can be out woodsbad and
you show me right from my ground. Cats you get. And when you
took up from me when maybe one's down at meeting, you always did.
I understand you gave me strength to the door. D was so many times
looking back when I was sober. Friend and then you come to me,
say me, I can fancy anything and no one else can do to you
God for me get it always be you well, always be the girl in
my life. Lie ooh, my mother, my love you. You know
I love you. You know what I'm gonna queen my you. You don't
love his ideation, the story his life tis for this time. I just
want you to love. I don't want you to know. Is like food
too my soul. You're gonna go by dig with you. Fills me up
just thinking about and getting deep. No, Mama, you know, no,
you know love. I'm my the queen of love. Anything it's the
storm's come my love. Shoot, I'm my mom loving you. It's like
food to my soul. Loving you, it's like food to my soul,
Oh you other food to my soul. Adventist Radio London inspiration for the song