Stewartstown Worship

By Glenn Ridall, Jr.
Pastor at Stewartstown Baptist Church

May is a month of beauty, color and variety. How appropriate that we should celebrate Mother's Day in this month. For mothers come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Through the pages of Scripture, the forms of noble women are seen either distinct or dim. All are internally beautiful and wise, and honor motherhood. There is Hannah (Samuel 1), Elisheba (Exodus 6 ), the holy of Shunem (2 Kings 4), and the mother of King Lemuel (Proverbs 31). And then we have Elizabeth (Luke 1), Salome (Mark 16:1, Matthew 27:56), Eunice and her mother, Lois (.2 Timothy 1:5). And of course we cannot forget Mary, the mother of our Lord.

Where would any of us be without "Mom"?

Mothers impact our lives for good or bad. Timothy's faith was passed onto him from his mother, Eunice, who received it from her mother, Lois. It is very true that "the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."

In Exodus 20:12, we are admonished to honor our mothers. The book of Proverbs is full of a mother's honor. "I was my mother's son," "Forsake not the law of thy mother," and "A foolish man despiseth his mother."

A mother's strong consoling tenderness is taken up by God himself as the only worthy image of His own tenderness for His children (Isaiah 66:13).

By an act of Congress on May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. The day was established as a time for the "public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country."

However, it was Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) who first suggested the national observance of an annual day honoring all mothers. On May 10, 1908, at a memorial service for her dearly be-loved mother, she gave a carnation, her mother's favorite flower, to each person who attended. The idea of a day to honor mothers gained popularity and was observed in several large cities in the United States before 1914.

On Mother's Day, we wear a white carnation to honor departed mothers and a red carnation to honor the living.

Like a hope divine in this troubled world
A mother’s care has its part...
For God has hidden a love like His own
In the depths of a Mother's heart.
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