No one knows for sure where the term, “mother lode” originated or who it was that coined it, but we use it today to describe any abundant or rich source. The term “mother lode” is a mining term. A lode is a metallic vein especially of silver or gold that fills a fissure within a rock formation. And the word “mother” is used in the sense of source or origin. When James Marshall discovered gold in Central California in 1848 it began the “Gold Rush of 1849.” This area is located east of the Sacramento and San Jacquin Rivers and west of the Sierra Nevada and rightly named, “Mother Lode Country.” Today, we use the term figuratively to describe an abundance of just about anything.
Seeing how it’s Mother’s Day, I thought it would be nice to let you all know that I’ve found the “mother lode” of all goodness, mercy, love and grace. I know where to get wisdom, knowledge and good counsel. I’ve found the Source for all the riches of the glorious treasures that man desires. I’ve found the “Mother Lode.” When I see the kindness of mothers shown to their children, when I see the love that they share unselfishly to their families I have to believe that those virtues must come from somewhere. I didn’t search intently; neither did I search with all my heart. Actually, I found it by accident. You see, I had always felt that something must be wrong with our societies of men, when our technology could take us to the moon, but we couldn’t live at peace with one another. I knew virtues existed and many different people manifested different virtues. No one, though, manifested all of them. Some manifested grace and mercy while others manifested wisdom and knowledge. Some people manifested love at times and at other times they seemed to be barren of any virtues. Well, it just so happened that God searched me out and found me in 1985. And it just so happens –He is the “Mother Lode!” “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Who knows the mind of the Lord? Or, who has ever been his counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” For all you wonderful mothers out there – God is the mother lode of all that you want to be and He gives to all without finding fault with you. Seek and you will find. Ask, and you will receive. And when His Spirit lives in you –you will have the “Mother Lode!”