Sunday May 11, 2025 — Mother’s Day
“Honor your father and your mother”
Exodus 2:12 & Ephesians 6:2
If parents are so important (and they are), then why don’t we make a bigger deal about Mother’s Day and Father’s Day here at Rockport? Understand, I love my parents very much, more than I could possibly say – especially since my dad’s passing a few years ago. And I certainly believe it’s a good idea to set aside at least one day each year to honor our parents and tell them how much we love them. Yet I am concerned with what I see as a tendency in many places to take a good thing like Mother’s Day and make it the focus of worship on the Lord’s Day. Surely it is a misappropriation of God’s honor when we shift the focus of any worship service off of Christ and put it on anything or anyone else.
Then there’s the practical concern. When it gets down to it, I’m convinced that what you and I need today is not another warm-fuzzy, feel-good experience or a ‘sentimental journey’ sponsored by Hallmark. What we need is to have the life-strengthening, soul-anchoring power of God’s Word opened up to us and faithfully applied to our lives as parents, children, grandparents and singles!
So, if you are, take the time to say ‘Thank you’ to your mom for all she means to you. If you can’t because she is no longer here, then stop and give thanks to God for her. Let’s acknowledge that there is no job we can imagine that is more important than that of a godly parent. Let’s shout from the rooftops, “We love you, Mom and we’re grateful to God for you! But then, for Mom’s sake, let’s shift the focus off her (and off ourselves for that matter) and set it firmly on Him who created motherhood and families and life and joy in the first place. And let’s offer prayers up to our Father in Heaven who alone can give Mom (and us) everything we truly need! What a blessing to have had good parents! But what an even greater blessing to have a good and faithful God!
Thankful to God for every faithful mom!
Pastor Scott
