What emotions are stirred in your heart when you ponder the role played in your own life by your Mom, and perhaps of your spiritual Mom? For many, it produces a warm heart that ponders the tender lovingkindness we experienced from our earliest memories. I don’t want to ignore the very real impact that may linger from memories of neglect, or worse. Today, we want to celebrate with you, as women across the globe and throughout history, continue to hold an integral and irreplaceable role in the Kingdom of God as mothers.
Mother’s Day will be celebrated in many nations across the 10.40 window this month. Meanwhile, here in the USA, along with the UK, Australia and the Philippines, we focus our attention on Women’s History Month. Across the globe, International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th. Together, let’s look at one of our most significant roles as women: Motherhood.
Whether you are a mother of many children, one child, or no children, if you are a woman, you have the potential to “mother.” Spiritual mothering takes place through us as we learn to teach, train, mentor and minister to the deep abiding needs of others. The Bible says that there is great JOY in the presence of the angels of God, meaning that is God’s JOY, when anyone becomes a child of God through salvation.
Spiritual Moms hold a profound place in the hearts of their spiritual children, and they are near and dear to the heart of God!
So, in honor of Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day in the 10.40 window—let’s reflect today on some of the wonderful ways God has shaped His Story, and everyone’s history through the life of some notable Moms…
“Many an obscure woman has ruled the world through the child in which her noblest self has been reproduced in masculine deeds and words. Rachel in Joseph; Jochebed in Moses, Hannah in Samuel; Elizabeth in John the Baptist; Monica in Augustine; the mother of the Wesley’s in her illustrious sons. With all reverence we say it, Mary of Nazareth has attained an influence which the Church in Rome could never give her, through her Son who rules the ages. We know that in Him the male and female blend in perfect symmetry.” F. B. Meyer, Christ in Isaiah
How did Joseph know how to forgive his brothers? Did he learn from his Mom? How about Moses’ lifelong commitment to the God of his youth, was that inspired by Jochebed as she sang songs over him in his infancy? I love the story of Hannah, and it is featured in Essentials, but Elizabeth is possibly one of my favorite biblical Moms. Who is your favorite? And why?
We invite you to share your favorite Mom story or photo by reply email OR, better yet, head over to our Women in the Window social media Facebook or Instagram pages and share with our online community. This week we are celebrating women who live for God’s Kingdom – women throughout Scripture and history gave their faith, courage, obedience and leadership to take their rightful place in God’s Eternal Story. May You, and I, be among them!
