Mother’s Day is here! For many, this is a wonderful day. For some it is a hard day. Moms deserve to be honored on this day and every day. Thank God for your mom today. If this is your first Mother’s day without your mom, you need to know of our sympathies and prayers on your behalf. If broken relationships have placed a divide in a relationship that should be a source of joy know that we care about that too.
Our Sunday morning study entitled: Loving God and Living Well has advanced to the fifth commandment that speaks of honoring our parents. God’s command comes straight from the heart of His sovereign plan. Honor your father and mother. It is unmistakable as to intent. It is clear as to responsibility. It is silent on all the hard issues that must be faced as we try to love our mother and father in a broken and fallen world.
Ex: 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Eph. 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”–which is the first commandment with a promise– “that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
God’s expectation of how we relate to our parents didn’t change much from the days of Moses to the time of the Apostle Paul. We have the great privilege and, in some cases, the difficult task of honoring our parents even if our parents made choices that didn’t meet with God’s approval.
This Sunday we will look into what it means to follow the honoring parents commandment. We will discover how trusting and obeying God frees us to live well. Jesus, himself, will be our guide into fuller understanding and obedience to this calling of God.
Between now and Sunday take time to honor your Mom. Openly appreciate her. Release any bitterness that might hinder your celebration of the day. Someday, you will not be able to tell her that you love her.
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Submitted by Pastor Keith, 1:35 pm
