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*Mother’s Day: What You Can and Can’t Do*
*/May 11, 2008/*
*Prep: *
· Mother’s Day history
· “Christian Counseling” miscarriage, “Honor your father...”
· Listen to Mark’s sermon
· My traditions sermon
*“Happy” Mother’s day?*
· 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.
This is my first *Mother’s* *Day* *sermon*, and it is very *difficult* for three reasons:
1.
I am *not* a *mom*.
2.
I am *lousy* at Mother’s Day, or any day with *gifts* or *cards*.
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For many, Mother’s Day is *bittersweet*, or even *bitter*:
· Bad parents or absent
· Barren, miscarriages, abortions
· Single mom
Even still, it’s a good thing to set a *day* aside to *honor* *motherhood*, which together with *fatherhood*, create the most *important* *institution* in society.
It’s also fitting to *celebrate* it on *Sunday*, as it is one of the *best* *attended* Sundays.
But it also gives us the opportunity to look motherhood from a *Christian* *perspective*.
· As a *community*-*driven* church, we will look at it as a community, so even if you *aren’t* a *mother*, it *still* *applies*.
*Young parents*
Many of us are in the same boat – *young* *parents*.
Q Do you remember that *moment* that you first thought “What the heck am I *doing*?
Who is the *idiot* who let us *have* a *kid*?”
The *pressure* is *enormous*, and the fear of *permanently* *damaging* these precious little ones.
Parenting is a little like getting *married* – if you are *not* *scared* to death, you are *not* *ready*.
· The *pressure* on *mothers* is *higher* than it has ever been: All the pressures of mothering, *plus* for many a *job* as well.
*Working* *mothers* is a *contentious* issue: Very difficult *financially* (impossible for *single* *mothers*), and many *enjoy* *working*.
· My perspective: Husbands, *support* your *wives* in what they want, and help them not *overload* or be *superwomen*.
With all of the *pressure* put on moms by *society*, *family*, and *themselves*, I first want to look at what *moms* *can’t* *do*.
*Can’t do*
*/1.
/**/You don’t have the final say in marriage or pregnancy: /*
· Many wonderful, *godly* women *cannot* have children, while others have no problem.
30% end in *miscarriage*.
· *Don’t* *ask* women about “when are you going to have kids,” but if you ever find *yourself* *struggling*, let *people* *in*.
*/2.
/**/You can’t change the past.
/*
· It can either *cripple* you or *teach* you, but it can’t be *changed*.
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 NIV
*/3.
/**/You can’t make your kids love Jesus.
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· That’s *pain* with *freewill*, and the *risk* of having children.
· God’s *first* *kids* didn’t do so well.
*/4.
/**/You can’t dictate your child’s gifts and strengths, or what they will do with their life./*
· They *belong* to God, and our *joy* is to see them become what God *means* for them to be.
*/5.
/**/Can’t oversee every aspect of their life.
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· Some things are *out* of our *control*.
Ä Rather than *focusing* your *energy* on what you *cannot* do (the definition of *anxiety*), focus on what you *can* do.
*Can do*
*/1.
/**/Have a deep, personal, committed relationship with God, which flows out from every aspect of your life.
/*
· Our hope is that our children will *see* the *reality* of *our* *faith* and *want* it for themselves.
· So many people come *back* to *church* when they have *kids*.
*/2.
/**/Have loving and respectful relationship with your husband, or at least a respectful one with their father.
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· I am learning more and more how radically *our* *parents* and *their* *relationship* shape us, Likewise, we our affect our kids.
· Let’s *improve* on our *parents* and hope our kids *improve* on *us*.
*/3.
/**/Show the unconditional love that God has shown us.
/*
· The *love* of a mother is *legendary*, and is crucial for developing a sense of *wellbeing* in the world.
· Study shows that moms *nurture* and provide *security*, dad *independence*.
*/4.
/**/Teach wisdom./*
· Not *facts*, but *wisdom*, how to live a *moral*, *healthy* life.
Sometimes we have to be the “what *not* to do.”
Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.*
*/Proverbs 1:8-9 NIV /
· Ideally, *mothers* and *fathers* share in teaching.
Q What kind of *necklace* are you giving you kids?
*/5.
/**/Model (poem)/*
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you *hang* my
first *painting* on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to *paint* *another* one.
!!
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a
*stray* *cat*, and I learned that it was good to be *kind* to *animals*.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a
*prayer*, and I knew that there *is* a *God* I could always *talk* to, and I learned to *trust* in Him.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you make a
*meal* and take it to a *friend* who was *sick*, and I learned that we all have to *help* take *care* of *each* *other*.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you *give* of
your *time* and *money* to help people who had *nothing*,
and I learned that those who *have* *something* should give to those who *don't*.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you *take* *care*
of our *house* and *everyone* in it, and I learned we *have* to *take* *care* of what we are *given*.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw how you
handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good, and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking I saw *tears* come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes *things* *hurt*, but it's *all* *right* to *cry*.
When you thought I wasn't looking I looked at you and
wanted to say, 'Thanks for *all* the *things* I *saw* when you thought I wasn't looking.'
* *
Ä As much as we may wish it wasn’t true, what we *do*, far more than what we *say*, will make our children who *they* *are*.
*/6.
/**/Pray: When we can do nothing else, we can pray (this is how we rely on God)/*
· Jewel speak
*We (ENTIRE church) can do*
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/**/Pray/*
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/**/Dads: Help out however you can (Glad to see men more involved) /*
· Slide show: E-mail: World’s worst husbands~/what not to do:
· Carrying wood; Carrying beer & holding hands; Rowing; Tent; Carrying beer, one open.
*/3.
/**/Honor our parents (5th commandment)/*
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
/Exodus 20:12 NIV/
· How *we* treat *our* *parents* teaches our children how to *treat* *us*.
Does that scare you?
Q What about when our parents don’t *deserve honor*?
· Honor them as *frail*, *sinful*, *broken* people made in *God’s* *image*.
· Don’t be a *slave* to *unforgiveness*.
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