Mother's Devotional - Day 4

Today's Scripture
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Devotional
She was the twenty-fifth child in the English family of a religious dissenter; she had little education and lived in a male-dominated age: she married an older man and bore him 19 children, nine of whom died. Her house burned down, her health failed, and her pastor husband was either poor, jailed or sick much of the time. But Susanna Wesley raised two sons named John and Charles who changed the world. She was a follower of Christ who raised her children to love and honor God.

A young Jewish woman named Mary didn’t consider anything more meaningful than being the mother of the Son of God. From the beginning, she knew she was irreplaceable in the life of her child, and her sacrificial love remained strong to the end as she watched Him die for her and the world’s sins. Jesus’ efforts to care for Mary indicate just how much she meant to Him (John19:27.) It is the heart of mothers to sacrifice, and the need of mothers to be remembered. Surprise your mother this week with an unexpected token of love if she is still with you.

Motherhood is best defined by children who treasure their mother’s love.

Reprinted from EVERY DAY with JESUS by Dr. DAVID JEREMIAH