Happy Mother’s Day!

Ephesians 6:1 - 2 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2.) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”

Today is Mother’s Day, some will frown upon it and some will celebrate it but none the less today is a day our government has set aside to honor our mothers. As we can see in our text scripture we are to honor our mothers and fathers, but not only one day a year but every day of the year. But to fully understand what the Lord commands here we must first understand what He is commanding us to do. The word “honor” in the Greek is (timaō) which means - to prize – but this actually comes from another Greek word that gives a little more understanding and that is (timios) which means – something valuable or something most precious -. With the two words put in their proper context it tells us “to treat our mothers and fathers as a prize that is most valuable or most precious to us” every day of our life. As we enter into this day of celebrating our mothers let us not forget it is an honorable act and should be a natural thing, not something we feel we have to do because it is “Mother’s Day”. Our mothers carried us for nine months in her womb, suffered many sick and painful days, and she cared for us the rest of her life. The Lord speaks much about our praise of our mothers and praises her much in the scriptures.

The Lord commanded us to honor our mothers but should this be a commandment that is obeyed? The answer is yes, because the Lord commanded it and not just on Mother’s Day but everyday. The commandment is not conditional as to if she is a good mother or even a good person, but rather she is you’re mother and must be respected. I will agree that there are some mothers who are totally worthless, some who value money more than their children, and some who love to party rather than to care for their children, however still the Lord did not put conditions on His commandments.

It is because of these bad mothers (and yes some fathers are included) who have had so little care about their children that we now have a street full of heathenism. The Lord said in Proverbs 30:11 “There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.” This is that time, and it has many causes, some on the father, some on the mother, and some on the children, however the cause; it is like a run away train and this is that generation.

I am proud to say my own mother is a most wonderful woman and mother, I am proud to call her my mother. She has always looked after her eight children as though they were a blessing from God rather than a curse, and God has a scripture just for all of you mothers that have loved and cared for you’re children “Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10. Beloved thank your mother and not only today but every opportunity you can, because as so many will tell you one day she will be gone and then you will only have a memory. We fail many times to thank those who deserve it so much that we have to have holidays to remember. First thank God for all of your blessings, thank you’re parents for their sacrifices for you, thank you’re Pastor for his time consuming efforts in God’s work, thank a policeman for their protection, thank a fireman for their effort to save lives and protecting our property, and thank a soldier for your freedom. Should we need special days to remind us of these responsibilities? No, we should not, but like the “CEO” (Christmas and Easter only) church attendee they need Christmas and Easter to remind them to go to church, we need a holiday to remind us to say “thank you mom”. But as it may be, to my mother and all mothers; “thank you mother and happy Mother’s Day”.