11 results for tag: Mother’s Day
Finding Your Home on Mother’s Day
Empty arms have a way of making a woman feel homeless and out of place. Mother’s Day can make you feel like you don’t belong at church or even in your circle of friends. You may be surrounded by pregnant women, newborn babies, or families with quivers full of children, and your arms ache to be a part of the club. But you’re not.
Is there a place for you in God’s house? He hasn’t yet made you the joyous mother of children, does He still have a home for you (Psalm 113:9)? Maybe you recently lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or in infancy. You might feel like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 who says:
“In the day of my trouble I ...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
Lord, I pray for the precious momma
Who comes to You this Mother’s Day
With empty arms and a weary heart.
I ask you to wrap her in Your loving embrace and give her rest
For you are a shield around her and the lifter of her head (Psalm 3:3).
Where she is broken, bring healing.
Where she is lonely, draw near.
Where she is anxious, offer Your perfect peace.
For the eyes of all look to You
And You give what is needed (Psalm 145:15).
As she fixes her eyes on You,
Teach her how to love and grief well.
No one understands her pain better than You do.
You demonstrated what it looks like to suffer as unto the glory of God
When You willingly ...
Mother’s Day: Rejoicing in the Gift of Motherhood
This is the time of year where practically every advertisement you see is sharing gift ideas for moms. Store windows feature adorable matching mother and daughter outfits for spring. Kids come home from school trying to hide manilla envelops containing their carefully created handprint crafts, and flower shops scramble to keep up with the overwhelming influx of orders.
The origin of Mother’s Day, as it is celebrated today in the United States, dates back to the early 19th century. Before the start of the Civil War, Anne Reeves Jarvis started “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” in order to educate woman on how to care for their children. Then, ...
Finding Grace on Mother’s Day
I was fourteen weeks pregnant. It was Mother’s Day weekend, and we had gathered with my husband’s extended family for a reunion. There was a buzz of excitement from everyone because my first ultrasound appointment was scheduled for the next day. All afternoon there were hands gently caressing my belly and guesses as to the gender of this newest addition to the family.
I was radiating with joy as we left to drive home later that evening. This sweet babe was already so loved, and it was an incredible blessing to be surrounded by so many people who were anticipating this little one’s arrival nearly as much as I was. I couldn’t wait ...
Sharing His Love on Mother’s Day
The weightiness of Mother’s Day was lost on me until I lost my son. I never considered how hard the day could be for those that longed for a child but experienced infertility. I never gave thought to how those that no longer had their child to hold might feel forgotten. The first Mother’s Day after my son passed away was incredibly heavy. It had only been two weeks since we had laid him to rest, and I was emotionally and physically exhausted.
From the moment the sun began to shine through my windows that morning, I wanted the day to be over. I felt like a shell of a mother, and the last thing I wanted to do was surround myself with others ...
Drawing Near on Mother’s Day
May 8, 2011.
My first Mother’s Day as a Hope Mom.
I had survived my birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines without Gwendolyn. And “survival” is an appropriate word—these first holidays were what I call the “little deaths”; the barely-holding-back-sobs (or escaping to another room) to let out all the sadness that can’t help but be expended through tears. But Mother’s Day loomed so large, obscuring the rest of what is typically a lovely month out of the year. Thinking of all I had stored up in hope for Mother’s Day—homemade cards, sticky sweet kisses, coffee in bed, children earnestly doing ...
Unspeakable Joy on Mother’s Day
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13
Joy—unspeakable joy—is one of the many emotions I experience each year as Mother’s Day makes its appearance. Joy that is intermingled with pain, happiness, grief, hope, anger, and thankfulness. Mother’s Day is a sweet reminder of the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family, but it is also a day that is shadowed by loss.
I have five beautiful children that are earth-side with me, and I have one beautiful little girl on the other side of glory. This will be my fourth ...
How Can We Walk in Joy this Mother’s Day?
Every year when Mother’s Day rolls around, my Facebook feed is full of people honoring their mothers. Sprinkled among the “odes to mom” are those lamenting the loss of their mothers. Then, there are also those who have lost their children. My Facebook feed is a mix of joy and sorrow.
At churches on Mother’s Day, moms are often honored by giving them a rose, or asking them to stand to be acknowledged. I’ve seen the Hope Mommy start to stand, and then sit back down because no one knows she’s a mom.
On a day that is supposed to be celebratory and honoring to moms, Hope Mommies are often left feeling sorrow. We ache to celebrate and be ...
I See You
To the mama whose arms are empty this Mother’s Day–
I see you. I see your pain. I see your emptiness. I see your grief. I see your longing. But mostly, I see your love.
I know this is a hard day. A day that reminds us of what should have been and isn't. Or what once was but no longer is. This day acutely reminds us of how very broken this world is.
I don’t know your story or your specific loss, but I do know your hurt. I don’t know if you’ve lost a child to miscarriage, still birth, infant death, or sickness. Or maybe your child is still living but for whatever reason they’re no longer a part of your world. Whatever the reason ...
5 Things to Remember This Mother’s Day
Sweet mommas, as you are surrounded with all of the commercialism of Mother's Day, I pray that you will not allow satan to use this holiday to rob you of the hope you have in our Great God! As you consider the invitation that Christ has laid out before you, I pray that these words from fellow Hope Moms will encourage your heart:
5 Things to Remember This Mother's Day
1. YOU ARE A MOTHER
"Mother’s Day is such a confusing day for Hope Mommies. It is supposed to be a day of celebration, but it can bring on such strong emotions of emptiness and longing. While everyone around us is receiving flowers, getting hand drawn cards, or having arms wrap ...
