Mother’s Day Service Sunday 11th May

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY 11th May
This Mothers’ Day, Don’t Worry

After talking with some mothers about their particular worries, certain reoccurring themes became clear.

A Mother’s Top Five Worries

1. Safety.  They worry about their kids’ physical safety.
2. Health. Mothers mentioned the physical and emotional health of their kids
3. Marriage.  Mothers worry about their children finding the right spouse—-a loving and caring partner. They also worry about failed marriages
4. Competence. This is the worry about having done a good job as a mother.
5. Faith.  Mothers worry that their kids won’t embrace their faith and make it the highest priority of their lives.

These are the natural and, therefore, common worries of motherhood. But mothers, let’s look at the teaching of Jesus, and see if we can bring our worries into the light of his truth.

Jesus’ Answers to a Mother’s Worry 

Jesus asked His disciples “And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?” (Luke 12:25)

Let’s take Jesus’ question and apply it to the particular areas of our worries today.
Which of you by worrying can ensure that your child will not have an accident? Which of you by worrying can protect your children from the pressures of the world? Which of you by worrying can become an ideal parent? Which you by worrying can bring eternal life to your son or daughter’s soul?

Discovering your inability can be the beginning of faith. Have you discovered your inability?

Here’s the truth: There is no pain-free following of Christ. If you want your son or daughter to be a follower of Christ, you cannot set your heart on them never being hurt or never experiencing pain.

We worry about our kids’ choices. We worry about their faith. We worry about whether we have done a good enough job to guide them, as if everything depended on us.

If the Lord is their shepherd, is he not able to lead them in right paths? And if they become lost, is he not able to seek them and find them and bring them back? Here you are as a mother trying to point this little fellow in the right direction, and then you let him go. Isn’t it good to know that you can trust your heavenly Father?

To all mothers reading this article, I hope you will have a wonderful Mother’s Day and that you will feel the blessing and honour of the gift and calling that God has given to you in motherhood.

Colin Smith, The Gospel Coalition