Friday, May 08, 2009
I hope all of us thank God for our Mom’s this weekend and if possible, tell them. I was raised by a single mom. My father passed away when I was eight years old so my mom raised me by herself and worked full time. That’s no easy task. I was a handful to raise. Then add on top of that having to work full time? I think you get the picture. I didn’t fully appreciate the enormous task of being a single mom until I became a parent. I experienced the challenging responsibility of raising kids but, I was blessed to have a wife to help me (more about Pam later). My mom faced this task alone and in an era when being a single parent wasn’t that common. Today, there are more resources available to help single moms than there were available in the 60’s. But my mom did the best she could and showed me the most important thing – How to trust God. She really wasn't alone because her faith was firmly planted in the Lord and in His Word. So, while I may not have had all the stuff the other kids with two parents had, I had the best thing – a mom that trusts the Lord. So, I thank God for my Mom!!
I thought you might want to read tributes from some of our other staff members to their Mom’s.
Pastor Dave writes:
My experience with my mom has paralleled that of Timothy in the New Testament with his relatives. My Grandmother and Mom were my preschool Bible teachers. To this day my mom is a woman of prayer with a passion to reach the lost and a love for serving the church -- I hope my life will reflect at least a portion of her deep calling and desire to follow Christ.
Pastor Dennis writes:
My mom has always loved and cared deeply for her family. Through the years I experienced my mom continually expressing her love just as deeply to my children and grandchildren. Two things that touch me deepest about my mother’s love is how she has loved my wife, Sherry, as her own daughter. Sherry did not grow up with the kind of family I had and my mom took the role of loving her like a daughter. The other expression of love I will never forget is how my mom cared and loved my father with a deep passion. When he suffered through cancer for over a year and eventually died my mom stayed by his side, cared for his every need, and loved him unconditionally. Even though it took a toll on her physically and mentally, she never wavered in loving and caring for my father.
Susan writes:
I consider my mom to be one fantastic person. I don’t know how she raised 5 kids without going insane! My mom has been the best example on how to be a mom and I love her for setting that example for me
Eileen writes:
My mom never stopped being a mom. I learned what unconditional love was from her, and I truly felt sorry for my children when she passed, because their greatest cheerleader was no longer around. She had a unique way of tapping into our strengths, and focusing on those, rather than our short comings. My mom’s last verbal prayer was: “May I be able to do in heaven, what I was unable to do on earth.” It gives me goose bumps just writing it.
Finally, I want to thank God for the mother of my children. Pam is the best mom I’ve ever seen. I don’t think I could ever express how immensely God has blessed me by giving me such a great wife and such a wonderful mother to my kids. Like the Proverb says, “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies” Proverbs 31:10.
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Proverbs 31:28-29.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Pastor Tim
I thought you might want to read tributes from some of our other staff members to their Mom’s.
Pastor Dave writes:
My experience with my mom has paralleled that of Timothy in the New Testament with his relatives. My Grandmother and Mom were my preschool Bible teachers. To this day my mom is a woman of prayer with a passion to reach the lost and a love for serving the church -- I hope my life will reflect at least a portion of her deep calling and desire to follow Christ.
Pastor Dennis writes:
My mom has always loved and cared deeply for her family. Through the years I experienced my mom continually expressing her love just as deeply to my children and grandchildren. Two things that touch me deepest about my mother’s love is how she has loved my wife, Sherry, as her own daughter. Sherry did not grow up with the kind of family I had and my mom took the role of loving her like a daughter. The other expression of love I will never forget is how my mom cared and loved my father with a deep passion. When he suffered through cancer for over a year and eventually died my mom stayed by his side, cared for his every need, and loved him unconditionally. Even though it took a toll on her physically and mentally, she never wavered in loving and caring for my father.
Susan writes:
I consider my mom to be one fantastic person. I don’t know how she raised 5 kids without going insane! My mom has been the best example on how to be a mom and I love her for setting that example for me
Eileen writes:
My mom never stopped being a mom. I learned what unconditional love was from her, and I truly felt sorry for my children when she passed, because their greatest cheerleader was no longer around. She had a unique way of tapping into our strengths, and focusing on those, rather than our short comings. My mom’s last verbal prayer was: “May I be able to do in heaven, what I was unable to do on earth.” It gives me goose bumps just writing it.
Finally, I want to thank God for the mother of my children. Pam is the best mom I’ve ever seen. I don’t think I could ever express how immensely God has blessed me by giving me such a great wife and such a wonderful mother to my kids. Like the Proverb says, “A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies” Proverbs 31:10.
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Proverbs 31:28-29.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Pastor Tim
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