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The Depth of Love
Text:
Show video for Mother’s Day – Skit Guys
You talk to a mom on any given day and the to do list seems longer than ever.
She
is a teacher.
Mother’s a disciplinarians.
Mothers are cleaning ladies.
Some mothers
are gardeners & mowers of lawns.
And most mothers understand that baking
cookies is more important than washing windows, too.
Mothers are nurses, & doctors, & psychologists, & counselors, & chauffeurs, & coaches.
Mothers are developers of personalities, molders of vocabularies, &
coaches.
Mothers are developers of personalities, molders of vocabularies, &
shapers of attitudes.
Mothers are soft voices saying, I love you and mothers are
a link to God, a child’s first impression of God’s love.
Mothers are all of these things and much, much more.
Let me share an Illustrtration:
Listen to the illustration by Erma Bombeck, who wrote a column
that tells us about the act of creating mothers.
She says that on the day God created mothers He had already worked long
overtime.
And an angel said to Him, "Lord, you sure are spending a lot of time on
this one”
The Lord turned said, "Have you read the specs on this model?
She is supposed
to be completely washable, but not plastic.
She is to have 180 moving parts, all of
them replaceable.
She is to have a kiss that will heal everything from a broken leg
to a broken heart.
She is to have a lap that will disappear whenever she stands up.
She is to be able to function on black coffee & leftovers.
And she is supposed to
have six pairs of hands."
"Six pairs of hands," said the angel, "that’s impossible."
"It’s not the six pairs of
Six pairs of hands, said the angel, that’s impossible.
“It’s not the six pairs of hands that bother me said the Lord, It’s the three pairs of eyes.
She is supposed to have one pair that sees through closed doors so that whenever she says, `What are you kids doing in there?’ she already knows what they’re doing in there.
hands that bother me." said the Lord, "It’s the three pairs of eyes.
She is supposed
to have one pair that sees through closed doors so that whenever she says, `What
She has another pair in the back of her head to see all the things she is not
are you kids doing in there?’ she already knows what they’re doing in there."
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"She has another pair in the back of her head to see all the things she is not
supposed to see but must see.
And then she has one pair right in front that can
look at a child that just goofed, communicate love & understanding without
saying a word.
That’s too much said the angel, You can’t put that much in one model.
Why
don’t you rest for a while & resume your creating tomorrow?
No, I can’t, said the Lord.
I’m close to creating someone very much like myself.
I’ve already come up with a model who can heal herself when she is sick - who
can feed a family of six with one pound of hamburger - who can persuade a
nine year old to take a shower.
Then the angel looked at the model of motherhood a little more closely & said, “She’s too soft Oh, but she is tough”, said the Lord.
“You’d be surprised at how much this mother can do.
Then the angel looked at the model of motherhood a little more closely & said,
She’s too soft “Oh, but she is tough, said the Lord.
You’d be surprised at how
much this mother can do."
"Can she think?”
asked the angel.
“Not only can she think,” said the Lord, “but she
can reason & compromise & persuade.”
Then the angel reached over & touched her cheek.
This one has a leak, he said.
I told you that you couldn’t put that much in one model.
That’s not a leak;
said the Lord."That’s a tear”.
"What’s a tear for?" asked the angel.
"Well it’s for joy, for sadness, for sorrow, for
disappointment, for pride."
We need to keep this illustration in mind when we look at the life of Mrs. Zebedee
to better understand her.
She is the mother of James and John.
Let’s take a look at our text:
&quoThen the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons &, kneeling
down, asked a favor of Him.
`What is it you want?’
He asked.
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"She said, `Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right & the
other at your left in your kingdom.’
"`You don’t know what you are asking,’ Jesus said to them.
`Can you drink the cup
I am going to drink?’ `We can,’ they answered.
"Jesus said to them, `You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or
left is not for me to grant.
These places belong to those for whom they have been
prepared by my Father.’"
Prayer – for mothers in the church to realize and see the challenge they are given
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