Good morning, it is Saturday, May 10th. Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Tomorrow's services will feature a variety of events to honor our Edgewood mothers: recognition of all moms, a gift for some of our oldest mothers, a video tribute to all moms and a Mother's Day message entitled, "The Exemplary Mother." In preparing for the sermon I uncovered the following fact: the typical mother spends 18,000 hours of her life caring for her children in her many roles of motherhood. Needless to say, that is a huge investment of her life, but the dividends of that investment are so important. Someone has said, "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." As we honor so many worthy ladies this Mother's Day, please don't forget to pray for these special-needs people:
(1) Those who are grieving because of the recent loss of their mother
(2) Those whose mothers are seriously ill and are enduring suffering and pain
(3) Those who long to become mothers but have no children
(4) Those mothers who have experienced the heart-breaking death of a child
(5) Those who have grown up or are growing up without a mother
(6) Those mothers who are valiantly struggling to keep their families together and make ends meet in spite of very difficult circumstances
Tomorrow's celebrations should be filled with praise and appreciation for our mothers but should include our personal prayerful consideration of those who are hurting.
Pastor Mel Brown