Prayer Letter May (Mother’s Day) 2024

Dear Prayer Partners:

“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kind­ness. She watches over the ways of her house­hold, and does not eat the bread of idleness.” 
- Proverbs 31:26–27

As the first anniver­sary of my own mother’s death occurs this week and we cel­e­brate Mother’s Day on Sunday, it reminds me just what a fun­da­men­tal rite and absolute priv­i­lege it is for every­one to have at least a mother figure in their lives.

Through­out the Bible, we read about godly mothers who raised their chil­dren to love, honour and serve God. Mothers like Jochebed, Eliz­a­beth, and Mary raised sons who min­is­tered to and led God’s people. Mothers in the Bible were com­mit­ted, hard­work­ing, and resource­ful. They will­ingly did the work that was before them.

Ellen White (Amer­i­can author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adven­tist Church) said this about mothers.:

“Next to God, the moth­er’s power for good is the strongest known on earth. Her smile, her encour­age­ment, may be an inspir­ing force. Her influ­ence will reach on through time into eternity.”

There is no doubt in my mind that mother’s are doing God’s work with chil­dren and why they are so fun­da­men­tal to Open Home Foun­da­tion International’s vision that “every child in the world has the right to belong to a home, family and com­mu­nity where they are safe and loved; receive a good diet, health care, and edu­ca­tion; and know that they are loved by God.”

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