The month of May holds so many things. We celebrate the warmer weather and new births. We also celebrate our Mothers! They are life bringers, with whom no one would be here. When we celebrate Mothers, we talk about how much we love them, how much they care for and nurture us and make us the people that we are today.
The Bible says to honour our mothers, and we gladly will because they created us and we love them. What we don’t tend to celebrate on Mother’s Day as often is a side of God we can see in mothers, the element of Creator God.
A woman has the ability to create life and birth something new into this world. This creator side is of God, the master creator. Just like a mother who nurtures her children, cares for them and watches over them, so too does God. He created all things and makes all things new, Rev 21:5. Not only did He give us life, but He cares for us, nurtures us and keeps us. He cares so deeply that He sent us Jesus so we could be made new. We can see and celebrate God’s creativity and new birth in our mothers.
4 Ways Creator God Can Be Seen in a Mother’s Love
He created us in His image Possibly the most obvious comparison is giving life. A mother gives birth and brings life into the world. Similarly, in Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.” In the beginning of creation God was thinking about us and wanted to be with us. In human inception we were given His likeness and authority.
He keeps charge over and protects us As we grow and learn, we become more adventurous and curious about the world. Mothers watch over their children, teach them and protect them. Like children learning to walk, we continue to step on our own, but Father God never lets go. Psalm 91, a favourite for Southside, talks about the Angels who have charge over us and protect us. In Heb 1:3 is says, “And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power”. We are made and held together by the Power of Creator God who loves us and will always care for and protect His children.
Gives us purpose and plans The one thing that mothers do is dream for their children. They give them life, hope, comfort and dreams. God created every being with purpose and destiny. We all know Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope”. Just as our mothers help mold who we are, dream about what we can do, so does God. In Him we find our purpose and identity. He created every single one with a plan and all we have to do is say yes.
For God so loved the world In the beginning God created. His creation was beautiful and loved. Even after the fall we were and are still loved. There was a plan; a plan that brought God together with His people. He sent Jesus who on the cross loved every single one. Something that is rarely looked at when we think about our moms is how much they have sacrificed for us. A sacrifice of love, which is what Jesus also did. He sacrificed because He loved YOU! On the cross He thought of you and it never deterred. A love so deep He gave up His life.
We can see Creator God in everything we look at. A blade of grass, the lyrics of a song, in the sound of a new born baby crying. Mothers carry something that is often not acknowledged by their children or society and that is they carry an element of Creator God. He gave mothers a true gift which this Mother’s Day we at SVC want to celebrate.
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