HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Have you heard the story of a concerned mother whose son was going off to college? She wrote the following letter to the college president: “Dear Sir: My son has been accepted for admission to you college and soon he will be leaving me. I am writing to ask that you give your personal attention to the selection of his roommate. I want to be sure his roommate is not the kind of person who uses foul language, or tells off-color jokes, smokes, drinks, or chases after girls. I hope you will understand why I am appealing to you directly. You see, this is the first time my son will be away from home, except for his three years in the Marine Corps.”

Mothers are just that way. Songs have been written, poems, even pictures have been painted that depict and illustrate a Mother’s love.

We are going to look today at many Biblical examples of a Mother’s love. A mother’s prayers are powerful prayers because of the great love that she has for her children. A godly mother is a great blessing and example to her children. In Genesis, Eve is called, “the mother of all living”, and so begins the story of motherhood. I would like to give you a number of Bible references that show a mother’s love and encourage you to look up and read the context of these verses.

Hagar’s love for her child Ishmael.

Genesis 21:16 “And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.”

The mother of Moses.

Exodus 2:3, “And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.”

Her sadness was turned to joy when she was called to care for him! Great story.

The mother of Samuel.

I Samuel 2:19, “Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.”

The mother in Solomon’s time.

I Kings 3:26, “Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.”

Again, take the time to read these stories.

The Shunammite mother – II Kings 4:20

The Canaanitish mother – Matthew 15:22

Rizpah’s love for her sons- II Samuel 21:1-14

Victoria Farnsworth writes, “Not until I became a mother did I understand how much my mother had sacrificed for me. Not until I became a mother did I feel how hurt my mother was when I disobeyed. Not until I became a mother did I know how proud my mother was when I achieved. Not until I became a mother did I realize how much my mother loves me.”

Children – Honor your mother today. “…That it may be well with thee…”

Mothers – Love and care for your children. Proverbs 31:10-31. (read)

HER CHILDREN ARISE UP, AND CALL HER BLESSED;