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Family Rising Up to Call Her Blessed God established the Christian home to include mothers who love and train their children in the Lord. PCANews - The second Sunday of May is the day that the United States traditionally sets aside to honor and celebrate those precious people that God has given us, called mothers. Every year cards are purchased or made with loving hands, phone calls are placed, restaurants are packed, and gifts are given in an attempt to show appreciation to those who have given us much, both physically and spiritually. But do we really know the origins of this day? She began to organize others, and soon sought the endorsement of the state. In 1910, To our mothers and to a watching world, our testimony of love and respect can be heard much more clearly the other 364 days a year! God has established a beautiful design for the Christian home, one which includes mothers who love their children and seek to diligently train them up in the Lord through both example and instruction. However, it also includes grateful children who, whether yet at home or adults with their own households, take the time and effort to express honor to their mothers today and every day! The Scriptures are full of godly examples of mothers, both physical and spiritual, and the impact they have had in this world. Hannah the mother of Samuel (Samuel 1) Ruth - the great grandmother of David (Ruth) The woman of Proverbs 31 Mary the mother of Jesus (Luke 1, 2) Elizabeth - the mother of John the Baptist and spiritual encourager to Mary (Luke 1) Eunice and Lois - mother and grandmother of Timothy (2 Timothy) And the list goes on and on! Robbie Franks is the mother of 7 covenant children and a daughter of the covenant; she states that she has been blessed with a mother who has been a godly example to me. She is the wife of TE Rick Franks, pastor of Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Lutz, For more articles like this go to PCANews. |
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