No Wimpy Mother's Day

“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. … She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. … Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate” (Proverbs 31:10, 26-28, 31).

And all the people said…”Happy Mother’s Day!”

But how about instead of a sentimental Mother's Day we celebrate the power and courage of women who have changed the world. After all, whoever declared that women are the weaker sex… was obviously a man.

Matthew 23:37-39   ³⁷ "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!  

Come this Sunday and hear the stories of some of the badass women of the Bible and how the first Mother's Day proclamation in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe was a passionate demand for disarmament and peace.

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or tears!

You may not go away feeling gushy and sentimental but you will go away (both men and women) empowered by the Holy Spirit and raised with Christ.