Here are
some scriptures I want to lift for Mother’s Day:
Hebrews
10:35-39: Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it a great
reward. You need to be patient in order
to do the will of God and receive what he promises. For, as the scripture
says . . . We are not people who turn back and are lose. Instead, we have faith and
are saved.
Philippians
4:13: I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me.
1
Corinthians 16:13: Be alert, stand firm in the faith, be brave, be strong.
Hebrews
10:22-23: Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance
that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty
conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold
unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
2
Corinthians 5:7: For we walk by faith, not by sight.
As
the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
These
scriptures remind me a lot of what my mother taught me about faith and keeping
it during hard times in my life as a Christian and as a minister. It is because
of my mother that I have a strong faith. She demonstrated it to me in so many
ways when I was growing up, but I did not understand what she was telling me
and showing me.
But as I
have grown older, I can look back and lean on her many examples of keeping her
faith when times were bad or hard. Life and ministry do get hard. Sometimes
people say things and do things that are not Christian, even though they might
think it is.
May the
faith of our mothers at Capitol Hill Christian Church be an example for each other and families in
sharing God’s love, hope, and joy.
Something
to think about and do . . .
Love
you all,
Rev. Craig