Mother’s Day
(Reprint from Mother's Day, 2009)
What do you do for Mother’s Day?
In the last two weeks,
I have done three funerals.
All of them were mothers.
I performed the service
for my Mother on April 25th
and two others on May 7th and 8th.
All three Mothers
trusted in Jesus Christ
and made a wonderful impact
on their families.
They were loved by their children,
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
They are all now with Jesus!
Jesus has given each one of them
a special Mother’s Day gift.
Something they all needed very badly.
He clothed them in a new body
because their old bodies
were full of pain and limitations.
Now they are clothed in the latest heavenly fashion,
walking on streets of gold,
as if it were as common as concrete.
When my Mother passed away,
my brothers, sister and I asked,
“What do we do for Mother’s Day?”
What do you get Mom who has all of heaven?
I was surprising how fast and simple the answer came
to me.
There are two things every good Mother wants….
Her family to live a life that would
make her proud!
and a family reunion!
The only difference for these Moms
is they now see this from a heavenly perspective.
To make Mom proud,
we must ask God to forgive us of anything
that would bring shame to Mom and God.
Because we wouldn’t do those things
if we had the power to change,
we need to ask God to give us the strength to change.
To give these Moms a family reunion
we must become part of the only family in heaven,
the Family of
God.
This can only be accomplished by adoption.
God is looking for those who are willing to:
DO what He wants them to
do!
SAY what He wants them to
say!
GO where He wants them to
go!
If this is your commitment to God,
then He wants to be your Father.
Make Mom and God proud,
whether your Mother is alive or not,
make this Mother’s Day
a day, you and your family, will be in church.
Make sure you, and your family,
will be reunited in heaven.
Scripture Reading
2 Corinthians
4:16-5:3 NIV
16 Therefore we do
not lose heart.
Though outwardly we
are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are
being renewed day by day.
17 For our light and
momentary troubles are achieving for us
an eternal glory that
far outweighs them all.
18 So we fix our eyes
not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
5:1 Now we know that
if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed,
we have a building
from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2 Meanwhile we groan,
longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The Message
The Master's Coming
And regarding the
question, friends,
that has come up
about what happens to those already dead and buried,
we don't want you in
the dark any longer.
First off, you must
not carry on over them like people
who have nothing to
look forward to,
as if the grave were
the last word.
14 Since Jesus died
and broke loose from the grave,
God will most
certainly bring back to life those who died in Jesus.
15 And then this: We
can tell you with complete confidence —
we have the Master's
word on it —
that when the Master
comes again to get us,
those of us who are
still alive will not get a jump on the dead and leave them behind.
In actual fact,
they'll be ahead of us.
16 The Master himself
will give the command.
Archangel
thunder!
God's trumpet blast!
He'll come down from
heaven and the dead in Christ will rise — they'll go first.
17 Then the rest of
us who are still alive at the time
will be caught up
with them into the clouds to meet the Master.
18 Oh, we'll be
walking on air!
And then there will
be one huge family reunion with the
Master.
So reassure one another with these words.
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