May 8 MOTHER’S DAY 2022 Philippians 2:1-4
**HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL! **
ANNOUNCEMENT: Baptist Tabernacle Church will be 100 years old, in 2022. A grand celebration is planned for May 22, 2022, to commemorate the first service as an organized church body! Special information, recognitions, God’s Word, and a catered meal (Parker’s BBQ) will be a part of the celebration. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the festivities. Additional Note: The Meal will be outside, at the BBQ Shelter Area. There will be transportation provided for those who are unable to walk the distance! The Time is getting closer…
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “Therefore, if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.” (Philippians 2:1-4)
My dear mother used to quote this scripture to me, and she attempted to live it out, in her life, every day! As I have gotten older, I recognize that every mother is not the same. There are some great ones, some good ones, and there are some terrible ones, yet they are our mothers! I am so glad and blessed to have had a great one!
A familiar Mother’s Day poem written in the early 1900’s is:
M is for the Many things she gave me,
O means only that she's growing Old.
T is for the Tears she shed to save me,
H is for her Heart of purest gold.
E is for her Eyes with love light shining,
R means Right and Right she'll always be.
Put them all together, they spell MOTHER.
A word that means the world to me!
Take a moment, today, to express your love and gratitude to the one that is, or was, your mother. Regardless of her mothering skills, she deserves your gratitude and praise! In Exodus 20:12, it instructs us to “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” Today, I honor every woman that has taken the role of “Mother,” and that includes those that have been Mothers to children that they did not birth! THANK YOU, GOD for our mothers! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!