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CHRISTIAN LIVING TODAY
We celebrated Mother’s Day Sunday, May 10. Think with me: We wouldn’t even be alive without the lady who is or was our mother.
God honors mothers, He chose one special young woman to give birth to His only son. God uses them to give us love, protection and guidance.
His mercy is described by the Hebrew word “racham,” meaning compassion as “a womb cherishing the fetus.”
It is increasingly significant to me that Almighty God, who remains forever, knew me not only from birth, but from the very conception of my life.
Have you noticed how new scientific discoveries continue proving scripture? Only recently I saw videos about the amazing cellular changes that occur at conception.
Oh, how awesome God is. How wonderful His creations are, and how much He wants us to know Him.
God loves the family, and said, “Honor your mother and your father.” He continues with, “that your days will be long on this earth.”
Psalm 139 reveals so much — God knows what we do and when we do it, He knows and understands our motives and the words we speak before they are formed or spoken.
There is no place on earth that He is not there.
He guides us and comforts us. Even more remarkable is that He knows all about us, and yet, His love remains.
He counts our days and knows them before one ever occurred. Indeed, He is ever present.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 says God knows how our bones form while we are being formed in the womb.
In Isa 49:15, God is compassionate, even more than any mother could ever be.
Sadly, we know that not all mothers are good to their children. Some are forgetful, or lack care, suffer in ways that afflict their children.
We can count on God: He says even if mothers forget (their children), He could never forget you.
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, I pray each of us will take moments to reflect on the One who has known us even longer than our mother. The One who loves us more than any mother can do. The One who will never forsake us.
Mothers and family are a special gift to cherish. May we honor those who love us now, and especially those who loved us first. Until next week, Anita
Onarecker, an Elgin resident, author of “Divine Appointment: Our Journey to the Bridge” and minister to women and adults, earned a Master of Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2007.
