Pastor's Corner

for Sunday May 10th
Mothers, we salute you!
I think it is becoming more and more important that we honor mothers. Why do I say this is important? Because, it used to be that being a mother was an honored position in our culture. Little girls used to grow up dreaming of the day when they would marry and have a family. However, in our day being a mother is no longer considered an honored estate. God created women to be mothers, not as punishment but as a blessing. Eve was called Eve because she would be the mother of all living not because she was the first woman or the wife of Adam, but because she was a mother! Being a mother is part of the redemptive process according to the apostle Paul (1Tim 2:15) Think of this, Mary, as the mother of God, would have a much closer bond with Jesus than Joseph would as the human father to Jesus. (Notice how I had to qualify Joseph’s fatherhood with the word “human”?) Mom, we still think you’re the best! Here are some tributes to moms:
"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." -- Abraham Lincoln
"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness." -- Honore' de Balzac
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." -- George Washington
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." -- Abraham Lincoln
Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” Prov. 31:28-29
Pastor Don