WHO IS A MOTHER?

WHO IS A MOTHER?

Yesterday was mothers' day. Various congratulatory messages were sent to mothers all over the world. Here in CHRIST LOVE FAMILY we joined in sending these congratulatory messages and we joined also in the celebration but in a peculiar way. The best message to send and the best way to celebrate this occasion is to define who a mother is.

Sister Cheriese who represented her mother, sister Janet Carter defined a mother as ESTHER taken from Esther 4:16-17
The woman who stands for her Nation
The woman who stands for her family
The woman who seeks the face of God for her people
The woman who will give herself into fasting and prayer for her people because she knows that the spiritual controls the physical.
And the woman who will take the risk for her people saying "If I perish I perish"

Sister Lindia Warner drew her definition of a mother from Acts 9: 36-39 with focus on DORCAS and she also used 1Corinthians 13:1-3 to support her definition of a mother. According to her, a mother is;
Not just a woman that gave birth to a child but a woman who has love for everyone.
She shares with those in need
A woman who does not discriminate
She works to put smiles on the faces of people
A woman who wants to be remembered for her work no matter what she has to go through.
A woman who affects the people around her positively.
And when she is gone, her works speak for her, everyone sees her good work and remembers her values.

The last Speaker sister Ivy Whiskey did not only summarize the messages of the first two speakers but also defined a mother as HANNAH from 1Samuel 1:11-20, 26-28 and 1Samuel 2:1-2, to her a mother is;
A woman who takes her problem to God.
A woman who vows to God on behalf of her children and fulfills her vow.
A woman who dedicates her children to God even before they are born.
She teaches her children the right way of life, how to love, to forgive, to tolerate others, to respect, to serve, to be patient, to be hard working and to fear God.
And a woman whose life is a good example to her children in conversations and in all manners of living.

I thank God for using these women to explain to us who a mother is. It is true that many parents have failed to inculcate into their children the moral principles and good values of life. Though the mothers are the ones standing today for their children but they need to do more. If you want your child to live a good life and a fulfilled life then you must take him or her to Christ Jesus. Mothers should follow the steps of the mother of James and John in Matthew 20: 20-21, she took her two sons to Jesus Christ and knelt down before Him asking Jesus Christ to allow her sons, one to sit on His right hand side and the other on His left hand side.
If mothers take their children to God then this violence, drugs addiction and hatred will reduced close to zero.