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You Are 20% Of Your Father, 80% Of Your Mother

Some years ago, the magazine Western Horseman had an article that caught my eye. It was written about a test done at the School of Veterinarian Medicine in New England.

Their research proved that a colt was 80% of it’s mother, and 20% of it’s father. The Doctor that wrote the article said that if the sire (father) was Secretariat, the famous racehorse, and the mare (mother) was a plow horse, the colt would be 80% plow horse and 20% racehorse.

Secretariat

Dapple Gray Percheron Plow Horse

On a spiritual level, we have the world’s greatest Father. He’s our heavenly Father. The church is our mother.

Gal. 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

That means to me, that although we have a wonderful Father, what we become is 80% determined by the church/mother that raised us.

Have you ever heard a preacher ask, “Where are you from? What church are you out of? Who’s your pastor?” Without even knowing you, the questioner can determine much about you just by knowing who your mother is.

I am dismayed at clueless and shallow people who put their job first. God forbid that they should ever have to transfer, but too often if they do, the job is top priority and then after they move they look for a church. Too often, just any church will do for then as long as it has the magic words or letters on the sign.

If an awesome mother has raised you, I pray you never have to leave home. Good moms are very hard to find. Not just any mother will do.

Life is about much more than money. Let your mother know how much you love her, then stick close and do what she says. Make her proud.