The Mother side of God’s love is selfless. This is the love that inspires everyday heroes.
The Mother side of God’s love is strong enough to let go. It takes a hero to release fear and trust in love.
The Mother side of God’s love gives life as a labor of love. It takes a hero to prevail through challenges with a love that frees.
The Mother side of God’s love inspires everyday heroes and empowers us to honor their loving example — every day.
Responsive Reading for Sunday, May 10
“The woman whose son it was . . . said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living child–please do not kill it!’ . . . The king then answered, ‘Give the first one the living child! By no means kill it, for she is the mother’” (I Kings 3:26-7).
The Mother side of God’s love is selfless.
This is the love that inspires everyday heroes.
‘When [the mother of Moses] could hide him no longer, she took a papyrus basket, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, and putting the child in it, placed it among the reeds on the river bank’ (Exodus 2:3).
The Mother side of God’s love is strong enough to let go.
It takes a hero to release fear and trust in love.
“His mother had named him Jabez, saying, ‘I bore him with pain.’ Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: ‘Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! Help me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!’ And God granted his prayer” (I. Chronicles 4:9-10).
The Mother side of God’s love gives life as a labor of love. It takes a hero to prevail through challenges with a love that frees.
“Honor your mother, and do not abandon her as long as she lives. Do whatever pleases her, and do not grieve her spirit in any way” (Tobit 4:3).
The Mother side of God’s love inspires everyday heroes and empowers us to honor their loving example — every day.