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Matthew 7:24-29 and James 3:13-8

On Mothering Sunday, we give thanks and encourage those who have shaped our lives with love, patience and wisdom.

In her adult life my mother wasn’t a regular churchgoer, but following the promises my parents made at my infant baptism, she encouraged me to join a Christian Bible class. I was about 9 or 10 at the time. I learnt a lot about Jesus, which stayed with me after I left the class. The Lord’s presence continued to grow and I finally placed my full trust, in faith, in Jesus when I was 18. Over the next few days, I came to feel a deep sense of completion, not that life suddenly became perfect, but I knew then that I had broken through. From that point on the Lord became a living reality in my daily life, guiding, forgiving and sustaining me.

In the Bible, and particularly these two passages today, we see the mothers embracing God’s plans for their children. As we focus on mothers today, we give thanks for the vital physical and spiritual role they play in the early life of their child. MM