![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Van-Yandell-.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nLuke 1: 26-27 \u201cAnd in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some believe there is a \u201cMother Gene\u201d in all females. If there is, it may be stronger in some than in others. If that desire to bear children is real, our mothers loved us before we were born or even conceived. That desire by mothers in the Bible (Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth) could reinforce the theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A quote of actress Sophia Loren is laden with wisdom, \u201cWhen you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.\u201d Mothers are forever; their child is always at the forefront of her thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abraham Lincoln: \u201cNo man is poor who has a Godly mother.\u201d One\u2019s mother is among, if not at the top of the list, one\u2019s greatest treasures. Mothers claim at the first sight of their newborn, the pain is totally forgotten. I\u2019m not sure I believe that but would never dare to argue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When no one else on earth loves you, you can count on mom. She\u2019ll never give up on you and will always lead the charge to protect you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI realized when you look at your mother you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.\u201d Mitch Albom (international best-selling author). If that quote doesn\u2019t touch the heart and soul of every mother\u2019s child, I can\u2019t imagine what it would take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sermons are rarely heard on the mothers in the Bible, but in fact, some of the most dynamic and notable personalities in the scriptures are women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eve was the mother of all mankind and grandmother to all of us. There may be several thousand \u201cgreats\u201d preceding grandmother but (Biblically speaking) she is our common ancestor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, Eve is best known for leading Adam into sin but it was inevitable someone would have sooner or later. It just so happened she got the job. Sin was and is a link in the chain between creation and eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mother had a sense of humor. I remember seeing her laugh so hard, tears came in her eyes. She was also very creative. I well remember going into her house one day and her Bible was opened to the 91st Psalm. That chapter is often read when one is distraught or depressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I asked, \u201cMother, what\u2019s wrong, why are you reading the 91st Psalm?\u201d Flipping the page she said, \u201cThat\u2019s where I keep my valium.\u201d And there was a little yellow pill laying in her Bible. After her death, I was looking at her Bible and found a yellow pill in that same location. I\u2019ve often wondered if it was the same pill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She played the piano and if I may say so, she was really good at it. Among her favorites were \u201cEverlasting Arms\u201d and \u201cBoogie Woogie.\u201d I often teased her, \u201cIf you ever need a job, you can go to work playing a piano in a honkey tonk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I was about five years old and we lived in Marathon, Texas, I had a dog named \u201cOle Bullet.\u201d Anytime we went anywhere in our 1951 brown Dodge, Bullet followed. Mother usually stuck me in the backseat, I suppose for protection or to not bother her while she was driving. She asked me if Bullet was chasing and I looked out the back window and said \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she looked back, Bullet was in the seat beside me. We were eating ice cream with a little wooden spoon. She asked, \u201cAre you giving that dog ice cream off of the spoon you\u2019re eating with? I replied \u201cHe\u2019s eating off of the other end.\u201d She went bonkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know people like to think their mother is their guardian angel or in Heaven looking down on them. There is no Bible reference that I know of to validate this thought and I\u2019m very thankful for that. I don\u2019t want Mom watching me; she\u2019d find a way to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Christian values mothers are compelled and empowered to teach their child is the \u201cguardian angel\u201d that lasts a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannah was the mother of the prophet Samuel. She was one of Elkanah\u2019s two wives. The other was Peninnah who had children but Hannah could not conceive. 1 Samuel 1: 6 \u201cAnd her adversary Peninnah, also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Women of the Bible also demonstrate the cruelty we all know some people are capable of. Hannah\u2019s life was miserable because of her infertility, but Peninnah made it worse with her constant torment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hannah\u2019s determination to mother a child motivated her into persistent prayer. She is one of the many examples in the Bible of the power of prayer. After months and perhaps years of praying she promised God that her child\u2019s life would be dedicated to Him (1 Samuel 1: 11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her story also demonstrates to us why, if our prayers are not answered, maybe we\u2019re praying the wrong (or incomplete) prayer. Her son, the prophet Samuel, became one of the most powerful writers of the Word of God in Jewish history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story of Queen Esther tells us of the influence and power a woman can have. King Ahasuerus\u2019 wife, Vashti, refused to appear before the leaders of the kingdom and Ahasuerus became very angry. She was either executed or banished from the royal quarters and this opened the way for Esther to become Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Esther was raised by her uncle Mordecai who overheard a plan to overthrow the king. In reporting this to Esther the plan was thwarted and Ahasuerus was saved and his enemies hanged. This established Esther\u2019s credibility to accompany her beauty and worthiness to be queen. Later, a plan was made by Haman the Agagite to eradicate the Jews. Upon learning of this, Mordecai told Esther, who told the king she was a Jew. Ahasuerus had Haman executed and the Jewish people were saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again we see God\u2019s people saved from near extinction. In choosing the Jewish people and nation to provide the world with a Savior, God\u2019s protection became obvious. While Esther is not significant in the lineage of Jesus as a mother, as a woman, her influence was greatly realized. It is believed she had one son, named Darius II, who would rebuild the Jerusalem temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story of Ruth is sad but also very powerful. Elimelech moved his wife Naomi and two sons to Moab because of a famine. The sons married Moabite women; one was Ruth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sons and Elimelech died leaving behind Naomi and Ruth. After returning to Israel, Ruth met and married Boaz. They became the parents of Obed, the father of Jesse, the father of King David (Ruth 4: 21-22). David became one of the most celebrated Kings in the history of Israel and is found directly in the lineage of Jesus (Matthew 1: 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of all the mothers in the Bible, I find the story of Elizabeth and Mary in Luke chapter one as being the one to read and contemplate. God arranges a time frame to accomplish His will and plan. This is just as true for us today individually (and as a church) as it was 2000 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zacharias and his wife, Elizabeth, were \u201cold and stricken in years.\u201d The angel Gabriel came to him and told he and Elizabeth would become parents in their old age and to name the son John (Luke 1: 13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elizabeth was very excited but had no idea at first how blessed she and Zacharias were. Her son would become John the Baptist and would, later in life, baptize the Savior of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Mary became aware of her pregnancy, she visited her cousin Elizabeth. When Mary told Elizabeth of her visit from Gabriel, the baby \u201cleaped in her womb\u201d (Luke 1: 41). The Bible said she was filled with the Holy Spirit and she rejoiced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the roles of a mother, at the very top of the list is to teach their children about the saving power of our Lord Jesus. By teaching about Him, the standards of right and wrong are established (Proverbs 22: 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To have the assurance of an eternal perspective based on a faith based belief in Christ Jesus, crucified for the remission of sin and resurrected is priceless. Mothers, you may very well be the most important person you child has ever known. Happy Mother\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Written by Van Yandell Luke 1: 26-27 \u201cAnd in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":55749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2304],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57866,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57865\/revisions\/57866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}