Mother’s Day

Each year at this time we honor a very special person we call “Mother.”  Mother’s are very special people and really do not often get the credit due them for the influence they have had in the development of our country and us.  A mother’s love is perhaps the best representation of God’s love that one can see in the world today.  In the book of Joshua, we find many areas where God told Joshua things concerning Israel like, “I gave…I brought…I delivered…I provided…I protected…I carried you.”  Is this not what our mother’s could say to us?  Most of them are so modest they would say, “Oh, it was nothing.”

It is great for us to listen to children say when questioned about their mother.  Look at some of these answers. 

• Why did God make mothers?  “She’s the only on who knows where the scotch tape is.” 
• What was your mother like as a child?  “I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.”
• Why did your mother marry your dad?  “My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.”
• If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?  “I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.”[1]

A little girl was seated between her parents and for the first time she got a look at her parents’ wedding album.  She was amazed when she saw her Mom in the bride’s dress and her Dad in his tuxedo and she turned to her Dad and said, “Daddy, is that the day you got Mom to come and work for us?”[2]

Moms are more than the one that “works” for us.  They give us unconditional love, exceptional understanding, unimaginable strength, unexplainable wisdom, unwavering direction, and other attributes that help us to know that God has touched mothers with a very special quality that can only come from Him.

Proverbs 31:25-31”She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs with no fear of the future.  When she speaks, her words are wise, and kindness is the rule when she gives instructions.  She carefully watches all that goes on in her household and does not have to bear the consequences of laziness.  Her children stand and bless her.  Her husband praises her: There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!  Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised.  Reward her for all she has done.  Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.”  NLT

So today Mom we honor you.  We will publicly declare a special thanks to you and thanks to God for giving us “YOU.”  Enjoy all the pampering you can today because you deserve it and besides, tomorrow is Monday again.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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