Can I simply get an Amen for all the moms out there? They work in an environment that sometimes makes them feel like they are in a losing battle. They literally have to be everything to everybody and sometimes it is not enough.
Today we celebrate the strength, the courage and the beauty of “Mom.” During this holiday many pastors want to show you the Proverbs 31 woman, but moms to me are so much more than that.
It is my prayer that we will honor these heroes not for picking up our dirty laundry but for the strength they have shown us in spite of circumstances. What they have done for us can not be measured on a scale of 1-10. They have loved us, shaped us, and protected us when we deserved anything but protection. They carried us for nine months and gave us life. The strength in that task alone should make us realize they are super-heroes. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 66:13 that God compared the comfort that a mother gives to the comfort that He will give to the nations. God Himself will love us in the way that a mother loves her child. For all intensive purposes His love like our mothers love for us is a love and comfort that will never go away.
I lost my mother to cancer when she was just 45, I was barely 6 and my younger sister was just turning 4. It is still very rare that a day goes by and I don’t have a thought about my mom. I was one of the fortunate ones because I had her for 6 years. I also had four older sisters who assumed the role of mother so that I would know what it was like to experience the strength, courage and beauty of a mom. I will forever be grateful to them. I don’t know what my younger sister and I would have done had it not been for them.
The women in our lives who have been our moms deserve more than just a nostalgic look at times gone by; they need for us to let them know that our lives are moving forward because of the sacrifices they made.
Hannah, in a hope to have the honor of baring a child speaks to the LORD and says that she would give her son to Him if only He would grant her the opportunity to conceive. She gives Samuel to the LORD and he becomes the great prophet (1 Samuel 1:9-28).
Take some time today and do more than say thank you. Even if your mother is not with you today, call out to the Lord and let Him know that your are grateful for the blessing of motherhood.
To all the mothers who are reading this note, I commend you for all you have done, all you are doing and all that you will do for your children. You are the BEST!!
The Lord bless each of you on this day of celebration.
Pastor Lenny…
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