I pray each of you had a Happy Mother’s Day. Once again my Senior Pastor Gary Stern preached a message which truly hit home with me. As it was Mother’s Day yesterday, his sermon was titled “Seven Ways to Love Your Mother.” My meditation today is from the notes I took from this great man of God.
John 19:26-27
26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
“You can not willfully wrong your Mother (or the Mother of your children) and be right with God.”
With this in mind you here are seven ways you can love you Mother.
1. Love her verbally. Women need to hear it. You can live a life time trying to show this to her. Buying things for her, but what she really needs from us is to hear “I LOVE YOU!”
2. Love her physically. When was the last time you gave your Mother a gentle kiss or a hug without having been told to do so? Let’s face it, she is the first person to have ever touched you. In fact, she carried you inside her for nine months. So, why is it so hard to give her a back rub, or a kiss?
3. Love her patiently. Mothers have the greatest of responsibilities in rearing children. There is no position in the business world which could compare to the physical, emotional, and spiritual commitment that motherhood carries. So, now that Mother is older and set in her ways, you do not have the time for her. We may not like what they do or how they do it. They are still Momma and should be respect and uplifted for what they have done for us. You may not have asked to be born, and you did not have too, yet you were! She was always tender to your needs, it is even more of a reason to be patient with her.
4. Love her attentively. Mothers listen as you pour out your heart… she has a sympathetic ear, and always has… and even as an adult you’ve gone to her when you want someone who will really listen and understand… and she’ll always be on your side. But now you do not have the time to sit and listen to how her day was. Many of us do not even call our Mothers. Call your Mother!
5. Love her gratefully. What begins with the letter “M” and picks up things? Most children would say “Mother”, but the answer is magnet. We are so ungrateful for the things our Mothers do. Instead of being grateful for what they do for us we are quick to get an attitude and point out the things they do not do. A Mother can do 50 lbs of Laundry and we would complain that she did not fold and put it all away too.
6. Love her generously. There should be nothing in this world too good for your Mother. You could never repay for what she has given you. She would never spend on herself unless you had all that you needed and all that you desired. Why would you hold back on giving to her what she needs and more.
7. Love her honorably. In Exodus 20:12 the bible tells us to honor thy Father and thy Mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God given you. This is true as long as your mother lives. Another command says children, obey…non-binding when you leave home, but “honor” is different! If the husband is the head of the home, then the mother is the heart... and don’t break your Mother’s heart! “You can not willfully wrong your Mother (or the Mother of your children) and be right with God.” AMEN!
John 19:26-27
26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.
“You can not willfully wrong your Mother (or the Mother of your children) and be right with God.”
With this in mind you here are seven ways you can love you Mother.
1. Love her verbally. Women need to hear it. You can live a life time trying to show this to her. Buying things for her, but what she really needs from us is to hear “I LOVE YOU!”
2. Love her physically. When was the last time you gave your Mother a gentle kiss or a hug without having been told to do so? Let’s face it, she is the first person to have ever touched you. In fact, she carried you inside her for nine months. So, why is it so hard to give her a back rub, or a kiss?
3. Love her patiently. Mothers have the greatest of responsibilities in rearing children. There is no position in the business world which could compare to the physical, emotional, and spiritual commitment that motherhood carries. So, now that Mother is older and set in her ways, you do not have the time for her. We may not like what they do or how they do it. They are still Momma and should be respect and uplifted for what they have done for us. You may not have asked to be born, and you did not have too, yet you were! She was always tender to your needs, it is even more of a reason to be patient with her.
4. Love her attentively. Mothers listen as you pour out your heart… she has a sympathetic ear, and always has… and even as an adult you’ve gone to her when you want someone who will really listen and understand… and she’ll always be on your side. But now you do not have the time to sit and listen to how her day was. Many of us do not even call our Mothers. Call your Mother!
5. Love her gratefully. What begins with the letter “M” and picks up things? Most children would say “Mother”, but the answer is magnet. We are so ungrateful for the things our Mothers do. Instead of being grateful for what they do for us we are quick to get an attitude and point out the things they do not do. A Mother can do 50 lbs of Laundry and we would complain that she did not fold and put it all away too.
6. Love her generously. There should be nothing in this world too good for your Mother. You could never repay for what she has given you. She would never spend on herself unless you had all that you needed and all that you desired. Why would you hold back on giving to her what she needs and more.
7. Love her honorably. In Exodus 20:12 the bible tells us to honor thy Father and thy Mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God given you. This is true as long as your mother lives. Another command says children, obey…non-binding when you leave home, but “honor” is different! If the husband is the head of the home, then the mother is the heart... and don’t break your Mother’s heart! “You can not willfully wrong your Mother (or the Mother of your children) and be right with God.” AMEN!
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