Mother's Day 2022: Learning From Four Mothers In The Bible

Opening: In 2002, after Brenda Heist dropped off her children at school, she disappeared. She never made a call or sent a letter to her daughter, who was just eight years old, and her son was just ten years old then. But ten years later, suddenly, she reappeared. When Piers Morgan interviewed her 20-year-old son, he angrily said, "I don't think she deserves to see me. I don't have any plans to go to see her. I hope to eventually forgive her one day for myself, not for her." Her 18-year-old daughter, Morgan Heist, also expressed the same anger on her Twitter page that she hoped her mother "rots in hell." She said, “I don’t know. That makes me really mad. I can't believe she would do that because she was a good mom. She was great. But, I mean, I guess something happened. Something snapped in her."

Thank God, no mother here is like that. That is why, on this Mother’s Day, we want to thank you. We thank God for your love, dedication, and care for your children. May God continue to give you strength, peace, joy, and wisdom in parenting your children. Being a mother is a huge responsibility and a very tiring job. The research found that if you do not have a child, you have about three months of leisure time in a year! I heard a story about a lady who retired. She was complaining to her daughter, who was a stay-at-home mom. She said, “You know when you retire, you don’t look forward to the weekends anymore – because every day is Friday.” Her daughter tried to be sympathetic. “I know what you mean, Mom. When you’re a stay-at-home mom, every day is Monday.” Today we will learn from four mothers in the Bible. No mother is perfect. Therefore, we will learn the positive things that these mothers teach us.

I. JOCHEBED. She is a protective mother. Let’s read Exodus 2:1-4. The population of Jacob’s descendants in Egypt increased so much that and made the leaders there worried that they would be too strong to handle. They forgot what Joseph had done for them 400 years ago. Pharaoh forced them to work hard like slaves to control the Jewish population. More than Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill Jewish baby boys. But thankfully, some midwives did not obey his command and allowed boys to live, and the nation of Israel grew strong in number. One of the babies who survived was Moses. As Moses grew big, his mother could no longer hide him and feared death would come to her son. So, she put Moses in a basket to protect him. She placed him in the Nile and entrusted her son to God. His sister watched him from a distance and saw his rescue. She even offered “a woman” to be the nurse for the baby, and Moses’ mother became his nanny (2:7-9).

Moses’ mother took great risks to protect her son. Mothers should protect their children in many ways. Today they may not need to protect their children from murderers like Pharoah but other dangers. Here, mothers need to protect their children from the bad influences of social media, game addiction, pornography, and even from their teachers at public schools. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-nMlMU48wI (Minute 1:26 – 2:26). I read some news last week: Oreo is the best-selling cookie brand in the US and the number one selling cookie globally. In this age of "woke" business, it's not surprising that Oreo's parent company, Nabisco, would want to capitalize on the popularity of its commodity. On Monday, they released a short film affirming a young Asian man coming out as gay. Their film is one example of the escalation of unbiblical sexual morality in American culture. Here are some others: GLAAD, a leading LGBTQ watchdog group, urges Hollywood to incorporate more LGBTQ content into children's programming. A former Disney Channel actor recently witnessed his female co-stars being sexually exploited at an early age. And new sex education guidelines in New Jersey will teach first-graders about gender identity. - The University of Texas will allow students to live together regardless of their gender or sexual identity. The university explained, "This helps enhance our residents' sense of belonging and improve our competitiveness with the Austin market and other institutions. It also allows us to be more responsive to student needs." The fact that you're probably not surprised by this news is my point. - ‘Pansexual’ Florida Teacher Fired After Sexuality Discussion in Classroom By Caden Pearson May 5, 2022. A former Florida middle school art teacher has said she was fired after discussing sexuality with her students, including revealing to them that she is pansexual and allowing the students to paint LGBTQI+ flags which she hung in the classroom. We thank God for our mothers who have protected us morally by teaching us right from wrong. They have often protected us emotionally by keeping us from things they knew would hurt us. Mothers have also protected our spirits and brought us up to love and serve the Lord.