Happy mothers day

Happy mothers day

Today is mothers day. One of my beloved sisters kept probing and poking me, posing this question: how do you Baptists celebrate Mothers Day? It kind of look strange to ask such a strange question. Mothers day is a day set aside to honour mothers. At least four great countries of the world including Great Britain and Nigeria are celebrating mothers day today. Even people of other faith and no faith at all celebrate mothers day in different places and on different dates. And we Baptists are not from the moon. But I am going to answer that question now. This is how we Baptists celebrate Mothers Day: we praise the God of heaven and earth who created Eve and made her the mother of all living things and gave men the womb-men (women).

Gen 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. .. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

We remind ourselves of the fourth commandment

Exodus 20:12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

- honour your mother and your father, and we share the blessing - so that your days may be long. Your blessing today is that you will live long. You will be healthy and wealthy as well. That is the promise of the Lord who is able to say and perform what he says. We give gifts as well and we encourage people to give worthy gifts to mothers.

Why do we honour mothers?

1. God commanded it

2. It is morally good and God as the moral governor deem it fit.

3. Mothers are agents of reproduction and symbols of nurture. They are very important to human existence

4. Some have omitted to do it in past and it caused a lot of grieve.

5. Young women would eventually grow up to become mothers, they need to sow honour now to reap the same in the near future.

6. Bible characters who we look up to did it. Jacob obeyed his mother and saved his life from his angry brother (Genesis 27:41-46). Samson honour his mother, abstained from alcohol and did a great exploit in the bible (Judges 13-16). Samuel honour his mother and decided to serve his mother

7. We are God’s God (I Samuel 1:21- 2:11). Even our master Jesus Christ honour his mother and performed the first miracle of turning water into wine. (John 2:1-11)’s people and his spirit lives in us, we know what is right through the Holy Spirit and we are committed to doing it by his power and grace.