Congratulations, you made it through another week in the life of a Saved M.O.M.! Here at savedmom.com we take time out on Fridays to feature a Saved M.O.M.. There are so many wonderful mothers that don’t get the recognition they deserve. I am proud to say that this week’s Feature Friday is dedicated to my First Lady, Mrs. Ilka Torres Murray. She is such an amazing individual and it gives me joy and pleasure to honor her today. Mrs. Ilka T. Murray is a resident of Douglasville, GA and serves as First Lady to Pastor Roderick Murray at Victory Family Life Church in Lithia Springs, GA.
Mrs. Murray loves being a saved M.O.M.! In our interview she stated, “As mothers we try so hard to emulate the epitome of motherhood, or what television, movies and magazines depict motherhood to be. But as we all know, motherhood doesn’t always fit into the perfect image of what society makes it.” She shared with me that so many of the mothers that she ministers to try to imitate Carol Brady. First Lady said, “She’s always smiling, clothes never wrinkled, never tired, she always has each of her perfect kids and her perfect family on schedule and serves dinner on time, and that’s ok, but for most women that’s not reality. Although, the one thing that we do have in common with Mrs. Brady is that we all have a “Mommie Mission”.” Mrs. Murray explains that in the midst of it all, as mothers, we must figure out our “Mommie Mission”.
First Lady Ilka Murray initially gave her life to the Lord at the tender age of eight. Although, it wasn’t until the age of 16, when she was able to understand the significance of that decision, she accepted God as her “friend”. I love the fact that she refers to God as her friend. “So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.” (Romans 5:11). When she had her first child, like many, she was overwhelmed with so many questions about motherhood. After a few months of searching for the answers she realized that there had to be an easier and more fulfilling way. She established focus for her and her son and discovered her purpose as a mother. This is the moment in which she became a Mommie On a Mission.
Her missions are as follows…
Mission #1- Teaching her child that life is a blank canvas in which he can paint it with the colors of LIFE and display his experiences with GOD.
Mission #2- FAITH, FAITH, and more FAITH. Considering that after she delivered her first child the doctors told her that she would not be able to conceive again, her second mission was to have faith in God and place her trust in him. With much prayer and faith, she conceived 3 months later! Soon thereafter she received news that her body was preparing to abort. God told her to remember her mission. She kept pushing through with her Faith in him. After several visits to the doctor the report was that IF her body kept the baby that the child would either be still born, abort within the first month of pregnancy, or if the baby lived s/he would not be normal. But she was a Mommie On a Mission and continued to trust in the report of God and not the report of man. Today she is the proud mother of 2 year old Riley Christina Murray, and I can attest the fact that little Riley is normal, happy, beautiful, and full of joy just like her Saved M.O.M.!
Mission #3: Helping other women become ALIVE in every area of there lives. God helped her become alive as a woman of faith, as a mother to her children and as a mother figure to many women. She wants to encourage all M.O.M.’s to find their mission, use life’s experiences to inspire that mission and push until the mission is complete. She concluded the interview by saying, “Whatever your mission is, it’s important. You have more to give this world than just milk bottles, pampers, snotty noses, and heartaches of teenage love. You have love, joy, peace, friendship, and LIFE to bring to the whole world. God has empowered you to take control of your future! Become a Mommie On a Mission.”
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Mommie Blessings,
Shonte’ Press
Today is officially “Word Wednesday” otherwise known as “Hump Day.” We’ve made it half way through yet another week on the wonderful, exciting and bumpy road of motherhood. Therefore, some of us are looking for some encouraging words to make it through the rest of the week with Joy and Peace. At night before my son goes to bed, in addition to reading bible stories, I read him a passage out of Prayers That Avail Much, First Blessings for Your Child by Germaine Copeland. Mommies we have to keep our children prayed up and constantly put Gods word in their hearts.
