Love Like Your Momma
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I hope that by now you can tell that today we are celebrating mothers. Why are we celebrating mothers? Because mothers work tirelessly with almost no credit for all that they do. Mothers love without expectation of getting anything back. Mothers will give when there is nothing else to give. We are celebrating mothers today because they are designed by God with the sensitivity and love that God calls all of us to have. Today we will look at the comparison between the way mothers love and the way that Jesus loves. We will see the clear ways that moms exemplify Jesus. The hope in this message is that we will all draw closer to the love we should have by exemplifying Christ and Our Mamma. Today we will be in 1 Corinthians 13.
Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms, when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination and when the blizzard had subsided her body was found by searchers beneath a mound of snow. But they discovered that before her death, she had taken off all her outer clothing and wrapped it about her baby. When they unwrapped the child, to their great surprise and joy, they found he was alive and well. She had mounded her body over his and given her life for her child, proving the depths of her mother love. Years later that child, David Lloyd George, grown to manhood, became prime minister of Great Britain, and, without doubt, one of England’s greatest statesman.
This is the type of love that I have seen from my mother and the same type of love I have seen in my wife towards our children. Mothers do not think about themselves but they think about their families. They think about others as more important than themselves. As you turn to 1 Corinthians 13 as we read the passage I want you to keep these three things in mind. Mothers bear all things for us, mothers believe in us, and mothers hope for us. Let’s read the scripture together, please stand with me.
Mothers Bear all Things for us
Mothers Bear all Things for us
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Have you ever noticed that with your mother it does not matter what you do she is always there to love you? At the end of the day no matter how many times you take her for granted and you overlook her hard work, she still looks at you with love and the desire to make your life better. Did you know that in the same way that our mothers bear all things, they recieved this characteristic from God. Mothers have this heart because God knew that we would need to see this love exemplified. What does it mean to bear all things?
Washington Irving said this of a mothers love
The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes--it never tires--it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute, in the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.
Mothers do not care what their children do to them they will love them through everything.
I have a friend who is pretty mean to his mom. I talk to him on occasion about it because he does not really speak kindly to her at times. He was asked to help her the other day and he said to her that she could do it herself and he drove away from her home. Later in the week a need came up and guess who he went to? Thats right his mother. Guess what she said to him? Thats right she said yes. Later she was looking online to spend thousands of dollars on helping him with another vehicle? What draws someone to this type of response. Bearing with all things. That is what causes this reaction. What does the scripture say about bearing with one another?
2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
In this we have 2 challenges. Men we need to be more like our wives and out mothers and we need to ensure that we are bearing with others the way that we receive from our mothers and wives. Second mothers, we need to take this same love beyond our family walls. This same love you show your children should be the same love that you bear with all those around you. I know you were thinking when I was telling husbands that they needed to be more like you in this aspect that I was going to only challenge them. The love you show your families must go beyond those walls. It is that love that will change the world. Men we must learn to bear with others the way our mothers have with us. Christians should bear with the world and with each other in the same love as our mothers. Mothers don’t only bear with their children in love they believe in their children no matter what.
Mothers Believe in us
Mothers Believe in us
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Have you ever met that person who you say, only their mother could love them? Have you ever met that mother and wondered with all the horrible choices their child has made, how can they still see the good in them? It is because the same love that Jesus has for us is in our mothers. I believe that we have gotten so far into a world that seeks to always disqualify people that we have lost the ability to look past their failures and see reasons why we should love them, reasons why they are valuable. We have all met that person in our lives whose choices drive us crazy, they consistently make the wrong choices and yet when you meet their mother, to her they are still the best person on the planet. It isn't that their mother believes that they are the best person on the planet, she still has hope in the person she wants her child to be. We must learn to see the value in others as our mothers see value in us. Mothers you must learn to see that same value in those outside of your homes and even the people who you cant stand. Christians are called to believe in the good and seek the positive in people. When conversations are going on the christian just like our mothers should find the best in others. Have you ever noticed that when you are talking bad about one of your siblings or pointing out a problem with them that often times your mother will say something good about them? She will tell you the good about them. Where are believers in this? Do you believe in the things that Jesus can do with others lives? Do you see to find the good in people and see their worth?
Charlene Mattson worked at Focus on the Family and she wrote this brief insert about her child who was born disabled.
The greatest obstacle to being handicapped--or challenged, or disabled or whatever label we may be using this year--is not the condition but the stigma society still associates with it. The truth is we are valuable because of who we are, not because of how we look or what we accomplish. And that applies to all of us, the disabled and the temporarily able-bodied alike. I'm convinced God didn't turn His back at the moment of Jeff's conception. He is still the God of miracles, but in this instance, the one who received healing was me. Our Lord is still in the business of changing lives, but not always in the ways we expect.
Several years ago, Jeff played in a special Little League for kids with disabilities. After many seasons of watching from the bleachers and rooting while his big brother played ball, Jeff's opportunity finally arrived. When he received his uniform, he couldn't wait to get home to put it on. When he raced out from his bedroom, fully suited up, he announced to me, "Mom, now I'm a real boy!" Though his words pushed my heart to my throat, I assured him he had always been a "real boy."
What does the Bible tell us about seeing the value in others? How about how God looks at us? I don’t know about you but I gave God and my Mamma plenty of reasons to not see worth in me.
10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Love believes that all people are worth it. Just like every mother believes that her children are worth it. If you are with your mother today, look over at her and you will see in here a love that does not see your failures but sees your worth. The challenge in this today is that we must leave here and see the worth in all of those around us regardless of the choices they are making and the poor things they can do. They are still valuable. Mothers bear all things with us, they always believe in us, and just like God they always have hope for us.
Mothers hope for us
Mothers hope for us
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Every time I talk to my mom one of the first things that she asks is how I am doing? She asks this because in all things going on with my life she has hope that it will be good and it will be successful. My mother never gives up hope that my life will work towards good things. in the same way that our mothers hope our lives are continuously improving, God wants to show us the hope He has for us. Hope is a funny thing it can give you a future when there is no future, it can provide a path when there seems to be no path, it can clear unmovable obstacles from our lives and provide us clarity when the enemy is trying to destroy us.
A man approached a little league baseball game one afternoon. He asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, "Eighteen to nothing--we're behind."
"Boy," said the spectator, "I'll bet you're discouraged."
"Why should I be discouraged?" replied the little boy. "We haven't even gotten up to bat yet!"
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty's horse to fly within the year--on the condition that if he didn't succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. "Within a year," the man explained later, "the king may die, or I may die, or the horse may die. Furthermore, in a year, who knows? Maybe the horse will learn to fly."
Hope is the driving force behind a mothers love. No matter how far gone her child may be or how well off they may be she always has hope for their lives. The scriptures teach us about the heart of hope and the hope God has for us.
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
10 fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Do you have hope for those around you? Do you bear with them in the midst of trials and tribulations? We could all take a page from our mothers book and have hope for all of the people around us. That truly is the challenge being presented today that while it is so wonderful to experience all of these things from our mothers, it means nothing if we do not carry it to the world. Those around us do not need a church who condemns them for living in a blinded state but loves and bears with them, believing in their future and hoping for God to do a work in their lives that only he can do. Thank you mom for loving me this way. Thank you to all the mothers here who have loved and show the love of Christ in our homes. Let’s love like our mamma’s.