Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God;but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
1 John 4:7-12
Hope all of you mothers had a Happy Mother's day, though I realize it's not the happiest of times for many! Whichever category you fall under, I hope you were showered with love! Yesterday, Husband was able to deliver the message in our services and I do have to say, it was good! Not that I'm biased or anything, but I could listen to him all the time! I applaud him for being able to deliver a message out of 1 John (that normally would have sounded very Valentines Day-ish) that hit on the scripture as well as relating it to all categories of motherhood! That's not an easy task but he rose to it beautifully! If you weren't able to join us yesterday, here is what he hit on!
- We can't truly know love until we know God!
- Love should be the distinguishing factor of the church. Jesus died for the people that we "can't stand".
- If God is not in us, love is not in us.
- True happiness is not found in what we do, but in what God has done.
- Why do good things happen to bad people? That's us. A good thing (Jesus) happened to bad people (us)!
- Love is dying to yourself for the sake of someone else!
- Love is loving someone when they don't love you. Jesus saw the worst in us yet died for us.
- We love in response to God's love for us!
- When we love God, it's easier to love others.
- Non-believers don't read scripture; they read Christians. If we want the world to see God, we have to show them love.
He finished with this...which I thought was written beautifully. Enjoy!
*To those who gave birth this year to their first child - we celebrate with you!
*To those who lost a child this year - we mourn with you.
*To those who are in the trenches with little ones every day and wear the badge of food stains - we appreciate you.
*To those who experienced loss this year through miscarriage, failed adoptions, or running away - we mourn with you.
To those who walk the hard path of infertility - we walk with you. Forgive us when we say foolish things. We don't mean to make this harder than it is.
*To those who are foster moms, mentor moms, and spiritual moms - we need you.
*To those who have warm and close relationships with your children - we celebrate with you.
*To those who have disappointment, heart ache, and distance with your children - we sit with you.
*To those who lost their mothers this year - we grieve with you.
*To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother - we acknowledge your experience.
*To those who lived through driving tests, medical tests, and the overall testing of motherhood - we are better for having you.
*To those who will have emptier nests in the upcoming year - we grieve...& rejoice with you.
*And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expected and surprising - we anticipate with you.
This Mother's Day, we walk with you. Mothering is not for the faint of heart and we have real warriors in our midst. We love you!
To warrior moms,
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