Happy Mother's Day

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning the 14th of May 2023, and this is your friend Angus Buchan thought for today.

Before we start we want to say: "Happy Mother's Day" - Today we remember our Mothers! We start with Numbers 26:59, Jochebed was the mother of Moses, who brought the Jews out of slavery. Then we go to 1 Samuel 1:20, Hannah the mother of Samuel - probably the greatest of all the prophets, never defaulted once. Then Luke 1:13 - Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist of whom Jesus said: "Never has a man, that is been born from the womb of a woman, being greater than John" and then, of course, Luke 1:31 - Mary the mother of our beloved Savior the Lord Jesus Christ.

I want to acknowledge moms today, I want to say to you, Mother - Don't allow society, or anything, to undermine how precious you are to us. Where would we be without our mothers? I mentioned just a couple of Mothers, of course, culminating in the greatest of all women, she was blessed to have God in her womb for nine months and then to bring him up into a young man. She was with Him right to the end, she never left Him.

Folks, my mother was 13 years old and had to leave school when her mum died, she had to bring up the family. My Mom was in the Second World War for six years, she was in the WAFs - the Women's Auxiliary Force, the same Force as the late Queen Elizabeth. She used to drive out those huge bombs in big trucks, she those trucks herself, out to the Bombers. My Mom came to Africa as a young woman, with my Dad, and started a life for my brother, myself and my sister. My Mom is one of my Heroes. You know, my Dad used to go to work early in the morning, he was a blue-collar worker, he was a tradesman - a blacksmith. In the school holidays when Dad went off to work, we would run and jump into bed with Mom and we'd lie next to her and she would tell us stories of when she was a young girl. She was probably the greatest storyteller I've ever met. I learnt all my storytelling from my mom, not from any University. She could have you enthralled just telling you what she was making for lunch... Oh, I miss my Mom so much.

The greatest moment for me is when I had the privilege of introducing my Mother to Jesus Christ. sitting by that fire early in the morning, I'll never forget it, Jill and I telling her about Jesus. After that, she used to sit there with her Bible and tell me about all the stories that she'd read. She enthralled me, she taught me everything I know about storytelling...

Go out today and spoil your mom, she's worthwhile. Phone her, write to her, love her because she won't be with you forever. Jesus bless you and happy Mother's Day Moms, we love you and we appreciate you. Goodbye.