Mother’s Day Message
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation making the second Sunday in May the official National Mother’s Day in the United States. Today Mother’s Day is celebrated in over 50 Countries, though on different dates. It remains one of the most commercially significant holidays of the year.
I am of the persuasion that Mother’s Day cannot be just this one day out of the year; it exists all year-round because of a mother’s worth. The world may dumb down a young person’s dreams, but a mother never will. There are too many examples of how mothers nurture their children to be the best that they can be. Mothers have been labeled as the gate keepers of humanity, authors of history, and the progenitors of the future. Mothers are the programmers of souls that birth value. Most notably, when God sent His Son to save the world, He chose to do it through a mother!
I love the biblical story of Mary, the mother of Jesus which is central to the New Testament. Mary’s obedience and faith made her the vessel for the incarnation of Christ, exemplifying humility and love. According to the Gospel of John 19:25-27, Mary was the first person Jesus saw when He came into this world and the last person He saw when He exited this world. “Can a woman forget her nursing child and not have compassion on the son of her womb?” (Isaiah 49:15).
Mothers are not perfect, but God requires us to operate in respect to our parent(s), with the promise of long life. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that God has given you (Exodus 20:12). That land is here and now.
I am of the persuasion that Mother’s Day cannot be just this one day out of the year; it exists all year-round because of a mother’s worth. The world may dumb down a young person’s dreams, but a mother never will. There are too many examples of how mothers nurture their children to be the best that they can be. Mothers have been labeled as the gate keepers of humanity, authors of history, and the progenitors of the future. Mothers are the programmers of souls that birth value. Most notably, when God sent His Son to save the world, He chose to do it through a mother!
I love the biblical story of Mary, the mother of Jesus which is central to the New Testament. Mary’s obedience and faith made her the vessel for the incarnation of Christ, exemplifying humility and love. According to the Gospel of John 19:25-27, Mary was the first person Jesus saw when He came into this world and the last person He saw when He exited this world. “Can a woman forget her nursing child and not have compassion on the son of her womb?” (Isaiah 49:15).
Mothers are not perfect, but God requires us to operate in respect to our parent(s), with the promise of long life. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that God has given you (Exodus 20:12). That land is here and now.