What the Bible Teaches Us About a Mother's Love > 목회자칼럼

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Love is patient even when explaining the same thing for the hundredth time. 

Love is kind when family members are sick and can’t care for themselves. 

Love doesn’t want what others have or promote itself, 

and it teaches children to do the same. 

Your mother’s love seeks to bring honor, not dishonor to your children and spouse. 

You bite your tongue when you know your temper is short and forgive an 

unlimited number of times. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and 

stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, 

as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, 

and you were not willing.” – Matthew 23:37 (NIV) 

Like Christ explains, when your children are hurt or afraid, 

you want to wrap your arms around them. 

As they grow, sometimes they reject your offers of comfort. 

It’s hard to watch them hurt and not be able 

to intervene. In this passage, Jesus expressed the cry of a mother’s heart 

that longs to shelter and protect. Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, 

for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ 

And as she sat there, she began to sob.” – Genesis 21:16 (NIV) In this passage, 

Hagar had been kicked out of her home 

and was unable to provide for her young son. Her family was broken, 

her son might die, and she was powerless. 

God heard Hagar in the desert, and He hears your cry for your children. 

Even when your heart is broken, you’re not alone. 

Any mother would lay down her life for her children. 

When you give up your time, delay your dreams, 

work to provide for their future and spend hours on your knees, 

you live the kind of sacrificial love Jesus demonstrated in His own life. 

Many days, being a mom feels like a thankless task, 

but your children know there’s no one else on the planet who loves them like you do. 

“Honor her for all that her hands have done, 

and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.” – Proverbs 31:31 (NIV) 

Whether your job is caring for your home and children 

or outside the home, 

what you do for your family is something for which you should be praised.