The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis from Taylor County WV, as a day for each family to honor its mother. In 1912, she trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day International Association. The day is designed for each family to honor their mother before God. Ironically it was about Nine years after the first official Mother's Day, commercialization of the U.S. holiday became so rampant that Anna Jarvis herself became a major opponent of what the holiday had become and spent all her inheritance and the rest of her life fighting what she saw as an abuse of the celebration. Later commercial and other exploitations of the use of Mother's Day infuriated Anna and she made her criticisms known throughout her time.
Anna Jarvis created Mother’s Day to give special Honor to our Mothers, whom so deserve! When thinking about Mother’s Day and looking at the Bible we can see that God commands us to give honor to our Mothers;
12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Exodus 20:12 KJV)
In the New Testament Jesus Himself Honored His Earthly Mother with Very High Respect! We know that when a person is dying, it’s the most important things in their lives that they dwell on. In the same light, it was on Jesus’ Cross, moments before He died, that he thought of His Mother! And one of the seven phrases He said from the cross was addressing His Earthly Mother;
26When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. (John 19:26-27 KJV)
This Mother’s Day Sunday I challenge you to obey God’s Word and Do as Jesus did; Give Honor to Your Mother!!! I pray that God would Bless All of our Mothers this week and through the weekend in a special way! Amen.
