Proverbs 1:8-9
“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching, for they will be a garland of grace on your head and a gold chain around your neck.”
How much do you thank God for your mother? How much do you pray to God about your mother? We can be so selfish at times. We pray for many different things, but we forget the people who brought us into this world.
We are to honor and thank God for the women who have been such a blessing to us. Thank God for the sacrifices they made for us. Sometimes we have to even go to God and confess of the way we neglected these women in our lives. Show your mother or the mother figure in your life how you much you care. Use these verses to reflect how you treat your mom. Are you loving her? Are you cherishing every moment with her? This is more than just about Mother’s Day. One day our moms are not going to be here. How are you honoring her? Are you listening to her? Are you talking back to her?
1 Timothy 5:2 “Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.”
Ephesians 6:2-3 “Honor your father and mother” which is the first commandment with a promise “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
Ruth 3:5-6 “I will do whatever you say,” Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.”
Deuteronomy 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”
As Jesus was suffering on the cross He was worried about His mom and who was going to take care of her after He was gone. He made plans for her provision. He put one of His disciples in charge of taking care of her. Our Savior taught us to provide and take care of our parents as much as we can. When you serve others you are serving Christ and showing your love for the Father? John 19:26-27 “When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.”
Mothers are given the great responsibility of raising up godly offspring. The godliness of a mother has a great impact on a child.
