For years I have watched those in ministry question the idea of celebrating Mother’s Day at their churches due to the hurt that comes with the holiday.
I get it. It’s not easy to watch women have babies when you’ve just miscarried. It’s painful to have another Mother’s Day go by that is just a reminder that you don’t have a mother. Either because she was never around, or because she has passed away.
You could look at those hurting, grieving women in your congregation and use this as a justification to do away with Mother’s Day. Why would you want to give these women another reason to hurt or add to their pain?
But I beg of you, pastor. Celebrate Mother’s Day at your church. I explain in last year’s blog Why Mother’s Day that the second Sunday of May should be a day to celebrate all women– not just moms. The reason being is that all women are called to help raise up the next generation, which makes us all mothers. God allows us to do this in many forms. For most of us, yes, we will be physical mothers. Either biologically or through adoption. But God also calls all of us to be spiritual mothers, and this is not any less valuable than a physical mother.
Wherever God has called us as mothers, He still sees where we are as good. I just met a woman Char who has struggled with infertility for over 10 years. She said this in a YouTube video:
“God doesn’t do things arbitrarily. So, for whatever reason He sees this (being infertile) as good for me. And it doesn’t feel good. I think often we define good by how things feel in our life. And really, goodness is defined by God. So, I have to look at my situation and my life and what has come to me in life by the hand of the Lord.”
Beautifully said! The women in our congregations may be hurting because they may not be like the other women who are mothers, but God sees them as good! Let’s celebrate what God has given them! God has reasons for why He does what He does.
My cousin, who has been trying to have a baby with her husband for the past 13 years, just finalized the adoption of her son last week. As a woman who has struggled in the area of infertility, she will get to celebrate her first Mother’s Day this weekend. Why God waited so long, I don’t know. Those 13 years were a struggle. But even before she became an “official mother” God used her to be a spiritual mother to other women and saw her life as good.
Again, pastor. Please take the time to celebrate all your women this Sunday! Because they are all called to be mothers in their own way, and God sees where He has them as good!
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