Dear God
It’s the 3rd of January 2022 and it is day 3 of my letters of appreciation to You. Today I write with a lot of emotions as You have allowed my mother Charity Makozho to celebrate her 58th birthday. I don’t know how much I can thank you for such a beautiful and powerful gift in my life. Today I appreciate the woman who taught me the importance of gratitude. The woman that gratified You by naming me “Rutendo.”
My mum Charity has been my biggest source of inspiration and motivation. She has been the pillar that supports me through all the obstacles I have faced in life. I wonder what would have become of me had You taken this blooming flower of mine those winter days of 2009. She is a fighter and a source of light for many. She is one of the best teachers I have ever known- my personal teacher and perfect disciplinarian. She has a gift of bringing out the best potential of the kids in her classroom and from her sphere of influence. Mhamha as I call her is extremely patient and so full of love. Her presence can easily be felt in a room full of many people because of her colgate smile.
Oh God, thank you for this amazing grandmother I have in a mother. Today we may be celebrating her 58th birthday but I am personally celebrating 13years of Your grace, mercy and love. On this day Lord I ask that You grant my mother her biggest wish. She wrote a very emotionfull(I know there isn’t such a word) message to me this morning stating that she is so grateful to You for allowing her to see her children grow. This has been her number one prayer since You spared her.
Many are times that I talk about Your goodness upon mhamha’s life and I find myself in tears. She is deserving of everything good that comes to her. This gem of a mother is a unifier that keeps the family together like glue and is so full of peace. She is an amazing host that loves having people around her. She always tries by all means possible to make everyone around her happy.
I am especially grateful for her prayers that are hanging over my life. She declared a special blessing over my life in 2020 in a conversation I had with her. She may not have took notice of it but Oh God I have learnt to discern blessings when they are coming my way. It’s unfortrunate that I can’t publish it here on an open letter but I will scribble it elsewhere for you to see.
I wrote a letter to mhamha in May of 2021 noting that I could smell Canaan, a land full of milk and honey. But unlike Moses, I don’t only want you to see the land, but like Joshua and the Israelites, we are going to enter the land together hand-in-hand as the bride and the father walk together down the aisle. I write this letter to You God thanking you because I believe that the time is near and the time is now. You clearly spoke to me and told me that in this Year 2022, You will ESTABLISH me. Though I may move with many other declarations from my spiritual parents, I thank You Lord for You have allowed me to hear straight from YOU.
Allow me Lord to always publicly declare my love for my mum. I love you mhamha. I love you with all of my heart. If I rarely say those words, pardon me for being a coward.No matter how much I say them, however, they can never quantify how much I have in my heart for you. Words can truly express my love and gratitude. But with this little, just know, I’ll forever love you.
Thank you Lord for another opportunity to write. I pray Lord that You may bless each and every person that has spared their time to read through this letter. May You help them appreciate You and their loved ones. May You grant them their heart desires and may You meet each and every one of them at their very point of need.
Your firm believer
Emma Rutendo Makozho
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