The Christmas season can be a challenge for all moms, but an extra one for those whose children are experiencing special needs and for those who are trying to raise children alone. But these particular moms can find fresh hope and new, lasting strength in the account of Gabriel’s opening conversation with Mary in Luke 1:26ff.
Read MoreHeroes—those who have done extraordinarily good for a nation--can be found beyond the boundaries of the battlefield. Heroes can be found at home, at church, maybe even in your home or in your church.
The author of Proverbs, rowing upstream against the current of the culture of his day, was unafraid to elevate women, wives, and mothers to the status of national hero. You read that right. Wives rank as high as those brave warriors who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and performed valiant exploits on the battlefield. Let me show you a true hero who never wore camo.
Read MoreSince Jesus’ church is divided in its understanding of the role of women and mothers in the home, in the church itself, and in the community, it seems appropriate to engage with a practical question being asked by married couples during these uncertain times: Who is responsible for all the domestic work in the home? The whole family? The wife? Should the husband and children contribute to domestic affairs of the household? What does Scripture have to say about this?
Read MoreIt is not well known in Jesus’ church that mothers stand on equal footing with fathers in teaching sons and daughters. In today’s divided church over the role of women, the topic is easy to bypass, dismiss, or overlook. But carefully observe the explicit words of Scripture: “Her mouth she opens with wisdom, and loving teaching is on her tongue” (Prov 31:26).
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God is the most exalted person in the universe. In order to “see” the heavens, He has to stoop down to look . Now that is high and exalted, wouldn’t you agree? Yet, despite his exalted status, seated on a throne, the same God stoops low enough to see the lowest of the low in our world. He gets down low enough to care for people who live in the city dumps of the world. Now that is low. But this same God also gives exalted status, even a throne, to another person of low status: a barren woman. God in His humility, transfers a barren woman from her stigmatized position to sit on her own throne in her own palace, as a happy mother of children.
Read MoreMothers grieve over their rebellious children. Luke’s portrait of Jesus grieving over Jerusalem is dramatic. Jesus is depicted as a brokenhearted mum, lamenting over her stubborn children.
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