The Bartimaeus Blog 2019.19
Wishing all of you wonderful mom’s out there a happy Mothers Day, here’s your just-in-time update.
Lately I’ve been feeling a sense of hope. Sometimes I still wonder how God is going to turn things around. We still have barely enough people to do the minimum that has defined who we are for all these years. We’re not getting any healthier, and we don’t have the resources we used to have. Yet I believe that He has not withdrawn His hand from us. He is in the process of doing a new thing. By His power we are going to come back stronger than ever and set a new standard for ministry through people challenged by disability.
Last week Priscilla spoke to this, reminding us to put the past in perspective and move forward into God’s future. I spoke of our calling to become a church of disciples who make disciples. If you didn’t get to come, check out the podcast.
This Sunday is Mothers day. I used to resent days like this, but I look at them differently now. Why not take the opportunities they provide. Sure, we should love our mothers all year long, but we all get caught up in life and maybe we forget to honor them as we should. So yes, like other similar days it’s been overrun with commercialism, but I choose to take it as a reminder to show a little extra love to my very special mother.
It’s not a happy day for everyone. Some lament the passing of their loved ones on this day. Some grieve over broken relationships. Our fallen world affords myriad ways for good things to go bad.
As believers, we look to God’s word for comfort and for instruction. Does it have any advice on how we relate to our mothers? Yes, it does. And Jesus Himself provides us with a model by His conduct, recorded by the authors of the Gospels. We will examine four passages: Luke 2:46-52, John 2:3-5, Mark 3:32-35, and John 19:26-27. Read the surrounding verses for a bit more context.
Come and join us as we celebrate our mothers and the loving Father who gave them to us.
Love y’all!
Larry