A day late, but I was thinking yesterday, what a hard day Mother's Day must be for many women. I thought of a friend who is mourning a miscarriage, of another waiting on adoption. I thought of those who have difficult relationships with their own mothers, or their own children. Yes, it is good to recognize moms, but I confess, making such significance of one day seems a little silly to me. I thought of this passage, on women, every woman, being "life-givers"...
"Mothers give life, not just birth. Every woman is called to be a life-giver in every relationship and ministry God entrusts to our care. All redeemed women are mothers in Israel. Words of encouragement give life to the discouraged. Ministries of compassion infuse life into the weary and worn. Ministries of availability and hospitality beyond kith and kin model the covenant way of life. Ministries to unsaved neighbors give glimpses of life. When we live the life of hesed, we impart life in myriad mothering roles.
But we were gentle among you,
like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.
So being affectionately desirous of you,
we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God
but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8"
(from The Legacy of Biblical Womanhood, by Susan Hunt and Barbara Thompson)
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