It’s Mother’s Day!!!

Today we honor our mothers in two ways:

(1) SOME ARE HERE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF THEIR MOTHER who has gone to be with the Lord.

Some of you are wearing a white rose or carnation to show that she has gone to be with the Lord.

(2) SOME ARE BLESSED HERE TO HONOR YOUR MOTHER WHO ARE STILL AMONG US.

You are wearing a red rose or coronations to show that you are still bless to have her among us.

This is a special day indeed for this nation (on the Second Sunday of May) that we honor all of our mothers in this great nation of ours.

Why shouldn’t we set aside a special day to honor these good mothers.

Illus: A study each year shows a typical stay-at-home mother juggles a 94-hour work week as a housekeeper, cook, teacher, laundry machine operator, van driver, facilities manager, janitor, computer operator, chief executive officer and psychologist.

• We are told if she were paid for all this, she would earn $115,000 a year.

• A mother who works outside the home also works 58 hours at home would earn an additional $86,000 for the work she does there on top of what she makes in her regular work.

While it might be helpful to calculate how much a mother should make it is impossible to put a dollar value on the price of a mother.

The godly mother in the book of Proverbs 31 God’s Word refers to her as a VIRTOUS WOMAN.

The word “virtuous” means moral strength and influence and refers to the “strength of an army.”

Proverbs 31:10 “Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies.”

Illus: The most expensive Ruby gemstone ever sold which was sold for $30 million dollars in 2015 at an auction in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mom if you ever feel like you are not worth much as a MOTHER God’s word say you are worth…For her price is far above rubies.”

What makes a gem priceless is because it is rare.

Illus: It’s what Boaz said about Ruth in Ruth 3:11: “For all the people of my town know that you are a virtuous woman.”

And the word “worth” speaks of price.

Illus: A teacher gave her class of second graders a one-hour lesson on the properties of magnets. She demonstrated how a magnet can pick up things.

The next day she gave her students a written test.

• The first question was: “My name begins with an “M.” I have six letters, and I pick up things. What am I?”

• When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was surprised to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered with the word, “Mother.”

Moms do more than pick things up, but they sure do a lot of that.

Illus: Campbell Morgan, a profound British preacher whose four sons all became pastors, influenced millions with his sermons, teachings and writings.

One day, when his young son Howard finished preaching, a reporter asked him, “Since you have five Pastors in your family who is the greatest preacher?”

Expecting the son to give the honor to his father, Howard surprised the reporter by saying, “My Mother!”

The main point is this: “A good woman is not easy to find; but when found, she is of unimaginable rare in worth.”

So why shouldn’t we set aside one day a year to honor these great mothers.

The church has given each mother a gift today, but as your pastor I would like to give to our mothers a personal gift and share with you from God’s precious Word a GIFT.

In this sermon today I would like to share somethings from God’s Word that will enable mothers to:

I. Make good decisions.

There are only two kinds of decisions:

• Good decision

• Bad decision

Illus: Someone said the way you learn to make good decisions is by making bad decisions. This is true for some they learn from their bad decisions.

But it is also true for some have learned to make bad decisions and they continue to make bad decisions.

What determines we are smart in making good decision is how we go about making good decisions?

Before I get into THREE guaranteed ways of making good decisions, I want to share with you from the Human side of making good decisions.

That is, from the human side of making good decisions we need to consider our age.

That is, when you are in, you’re:

• 20’s through 40” there are good long-range decisions that can be made SAFELY.

• 50’s and 60’s there are decisions we should not make that we could have made in 20’s through our 40’s.

• 70’s and 80’s there are decisions we should not make long range plans because we are not going to be around to enjoy the fruit of making certain long-range decisions.