“The Scars of Motherhood”
I watched a documentary on the National Geographic channel recently entitled “The Last Lions.” It was set in Botswana. It followed a lioness and her three cubs who were the last of their pride. The male lion had died and their territory was taken by another pride. The new occupants were determined to kill her and her offspring. She was alone with the responsibility of protecting and feeding her cubs.
The cameramen and the narrator followed her as she was forced to leave her life-long home territory and try to find a safe place for her family. She repeatedly put herself in harm’s way to protect her cubs from the pursuing lions, hyenas and Cape buffalo herd – all of whom were constantly trying to kill her offspring.
She was forced to overcome her natural fear of water when she had no choice but to swim to an island with her cubs. She learned to live in an environment that was unfamiliar and dangerous. She spent every moment of her life torn between the need to protect her cubs and the necessity of hunting for food. Not a moment’s rest.
She was tired and alone. But her family was more important than anything in her life… more important even than her own life.
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Tragically, the cubs didn’t all make it. But it wasn’t because she didn’t give them everything she had. There was no more she could have done. Every scar was a testimony of her love and devotion.
Being a mother brings both pride and pain. Every one of us must choose our own path… even your own children. Some choose wisely; some foolishly. Some follow; some rebel. You can’t protect from every consequence.
Mothers, at the end of the day, I hope you can have your anxieties calmed by hearing Jesus’ words praising the woman who had anointed him with perfume- “She has done what she could.”
Ken Stegall
