You're A Great Mom

You are a great mom!

Thank you! I am grateful for you.

You are loved. You did and do a great job!

Intro - After dozens of interviews with people who reached stratospheric fame, fortune or success in sports, fashion, business, politics, science or entertainment, it was found there was always a parent that loved them and believed in them. Usually it was a mom.

2 Samuel 21:10 KJV 1900

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

The Great Emancipator - one of, if not the greatest president evey, Abraham Lincoln said of his mother “Everything I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother”

beginning of harvest till water dropped (6mos)

First harvest is in spring, the last in fall.

Edison

encouraged his love of learning although illiterate herself.

Rizpah was faithful to hers sons.

Learned to read from the Bible because of her great love.

chased birds during day

beasts by night

FEW LIMITATIONS ON A MOTHERS LOVE.

Edison learned to persist until he succeeded from his mother. The inventor learned what not to do 1000 times before inventing the light bulb.

“I did not have my mother long, but she cast over me an influence which has lasted all my life. The good effects of her early training I can never lose. If it had not been for her appreciation and her faith in me at a critical time in my experience, I should never likely have become an inventor. I was always a careless boy, and with a mother of different mental caliber, I should have turned out badly. But her firmness, her sweetness, her goodness were potent powers to keep me in the right path. My mother was the making of me.” - Edison, Thomas

Ben Carson, famous Neurosurgeon From John Hopkins, had a mother, Sonya, who saw greatness in her sons when others saw troubled youths.

Excerpt from Gifted Hands

"Over a period of years, with Mother’s constant encouragement, both Curtis and I started believing that we really could do anything we chose to do. Maybe she brainwashed us into believing that we were going to be extremely good and highly successful at whatever we attempted. Even today I can clearly hear her voice in the back of my head saying, “Bennie, you can do it. Don’t you stop believing that for one second.”

Mothers are biased they see greatness in us that inspires us to live up to their estimations.

Mom’s have great influence.

MARY

Jesus turns water into wine at his mother’s request.

Mary was f

Every child wants to please their mom.

John 2:4–5 KJV 1900

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

Mom’s have great influence

Woman it isn’t my time, BUT every child wants to please their mom. Jesus was no exception.

Every child wants to please their mom.

Every child wants to please their mom.

Ill - Held my mom’s hair

Ill - Concerned for her when I was in school

Ill - Talking about mom was a NO GO zone.

Mary

at the birth of Jesus - Model

water turned to wine - Optimism

at Jesus’ crucifixion - Mainstay

Disciples scatter

Followers went into hiding - Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus

Imagine the incredible grief and pain she felt yet unable leave her son to suffer alone.

Mother stays when the rest of the world walks away.

Mom’s have the ability to make things better.

Ill - Held my mom’s hair

Ill - Concerned for her when I was in school

Ill - Talking about mom was a NO GO zone.

Mom’s are biased.

Mom’s make everything better.

RIZPAH

2 Samuel 21:10 KJV 1900

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

beginning of harvest till water dropped (6mos)

First harvest is in spring, the last in fall.

Rizpah was faithful to hers sons.

chased birds during day

beasts by night

A MOTHER’S LOVE KNOWS FEW LIMITATIONS

Young mom’s just love your children.

You can make mistakes. You don’t have to be perfect they don’t have to be perfect. Just keep loving them.

You can be a little crazy. We all are.

You may feel a little overwhelmed. It’s ok. You got this!

You may get a little lonely and want to talk to an adult. It’s ok take some time for yourself.

Mom’s with grown children

You did your best and loved them. Now trust God that the with them.

When they make mistakes, know you didn’t go wrong. They’re just learning.

When you feel like you didn’t do enough or could have done better, put satan under your feet. You’re a mom who loves her child.

Spiritual mother’s

Blood makes you relatives. Loyalty and love make you family.

Your love is special because you chose them.

Closing -

To all the mom’s who raised us, who are working with us, and raising the next generation to change the world. We love you!!

A famous painter says of his mother “When I was a child, my mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso

Mothers are a gift. Now, imagine this… as much as mom loves you…God loves you more. Mom’s He loves your children even more than you do. How amazing is the love of God!!