God Chose Moms to Carry Out His Plans
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Proverbs 31:28-30
Though the American holiday of Mother’s Day is only about 100 years old,
various cultures have set aside time to pay homage to mothers for hundreds of years.
For Christians, this celebration involves honoring motherhood through the lens of God’s revelation at the heart of our faith. Scripture discloses the inclusion of mothers in God’s divine purposes from creation to new creation.
God’s original plan is that humans would fill the earth and steward it (Gen. 1:28). That project is unsustainable without mothers who give birth to the humans who will cultivate God’s good creation. Even after the first created woman (and man) tarnishes the goodness, beauty, and simplicity of that plan with disobedience, God never gives up on her or the plan. Mothers are God’s good plan on spreading the Good News of the Kingdom. Thank you Mothers!
By God’s Grace
Robbie
