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[Watch the Video Below; Tribute to Moms in Heaven below]

My mother has been with Jesus since 2003. Time definitely has eased the pain of separation, but time has also faded my memories. Circumstances in my life cause me to think about her a lot. I still miss her and often reflect on what a blessing she was to me.

In addition to celebrating our mothers who are with us this Mother’s Day, I want to remind all of us to take the time to remember our mothers (and grandmothers) who dwell only in our hearts. (read the poem below)

God’s Prescription: Remember

I often write about the importance of remembering.  I believe it is the primary prescription God gives us.  While there are many things we should do as God’s children, remembering is something we NEED to do — especially remembering who God is, what He has done for us by sending Jesus to redeem us, and who we are in Christ.

Mother’s Day is a special day to remember our mothers. We should remember all they have done for us, all they mean to us, and who we are because of them.

At birth, our mothers were an instrument in God’s hand to bring us into this world.  God knit together each of us in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13) and placed us in her arms at birth.  What a joy and blessing it is for a mother to cradle her newborn child for the first time at birth and then to hold her child’s hand throughout life. That’s how God intended it to be.

Just as a child is a gift from God to a mother (and father), mothers (and fathers) are gifts from God to the child. There is a bond in the parent-child relationship that should never be broken—and never really can be. One can divorce a spouse but not a parent.

Just as God loves us and has given us spiritual birth, we should honor and love the one who gave us physical birth. That’s how God intended it to be.

A Mother’s Love

The undying love of one’s mother is best understood when a daughter becomes a mother herself.  Now, please don’t misunderstand me.  Childless women can also understand a mother’s love because of the love they have received from their own mother.  However, a deeper understanding blooms when a woman becomes a mother herself and experiences her love for her child.

The love of a mother for her child is the closest thing to the love of God for mankind, and especially the love of God for His children.  From the time of conception (or adoption for some mothers), there is a oneness between mother and child that is sacred in God’s eyes.  It is a unity that God intends to last until they are separated by death.

Sadly, not all mother-and-child relationships weather the storms of this life, and many are broken.  Broken relationships grieve the heart of God, and every effort should be made to bring about reconciliation and restoration in family relationships.

God’s Prescription for Mother’s Day: Remember!

Remembering our mothers is important, and how we remember them is crucial to a loving relationship that honors God. We are told to take every thought captive for Jesus (2 Corinthians 10:5), and that verse tells us remembering is an active and willful choice. Furthermore, taking our thoughts captive “for Jesus” means we choose what we think as a way to honor Jesus.  What and how we choose to remember will also influence our thoughts–and, in turn, our words and actions.

Remember, God Forgave You

There’s no perfect mother, and there’s no perfect child.  All relationships need good forgivers ready to give each other grace.  As Christians, we are to love without conditions and sacrificially. We are to give all that we have because, in Christ, we already have all that we need.

Choose to remember—and above all, remember that even when you forget (wilfully or neglectfully), God is faithful to you. Even when you “forget” Him, He remembers you and loves you!

Remembering Moms

If, like me, your mother has passed on from this life, make Mother’s Day a special day to remember her.  Keep the memories of her alive in your heart. (read the tribute at the end of this article).

If you still have your mother, give thanks to God for her presence in your life. Make Mother’s Day a grace-filled day of letting go of life’s little issues and taking captive every warm and wonderful memory of Mom. Hide those memories in your heart. One day, memories will be all you have, and then your beautiful memories will be sufficient to fill your glass to overflow.

Honor God by honoring your mother in your mind and with your actions. And the love that God has given you will pour forth in love for others.

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three;
but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

 

Remembering M- O – T – H – E – R, by Shari Abbott

M reminds me of her Marvelous love

    O reminds me I have One mother

        T reminds me of her Tender care

           H reminds me of her Heart of gold

                E reminds me of her Endless service

                     R reminds me to Remember her…

not only on Mother’s Day,

but every day throughout the year.

On this Mother’s Day, whether your mother is by your side or far away, still on earth, or passed into eternity, watch this short video and give thanks to God for the gift of her life and the life He has given you through her.  Watch now!

My darling daughter sent this to me. Text it to your mom.

And be sure to include:

Remembering Moms in Heaven

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