A teacher asked a boy this question: “Suppose your mother baked a pie and there were seven of you–your parents and five children. What part of the pie would you get?” “A sixth,” replied the boy. “I’m afraid you don’t know your fractions,” said the teacher. “Remember, there are seven of you.” “Yes, teacher,” said the boy, “but you don’t know my mother. Mother would say she didn’t want any pie.”

That simple little story illustrates what it is that makes mothers so special. Because of the greatness of their love they are willing to do without so others won’t have to do without. It was with that kind of love in mind that John Killinger wrote the following:

“I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of the loving God, who was born of the promise to a virgin named Mary..

I believe in the love Mary gave her son, that caused her to follow him in his ministry and stand by his cross as he died.

I believe in the love of all mothers, and its importance in the lives of the children, they bear. It is stronger than steel, softer than down, and more resilient than a green sapling on the hillside. It closes wounds, melts disappointments, and enables the weakest child to stand tall and straight in the fields of adversity.

I believe that this love, even at its best, is only a shadow of the love of God, a dark reflection of all that we can expect of him, both in this life and the next.

And I believe that one of the most beautiful sights in the world is a mother who lets this greater love flow through her to her child, blessing the world with the tenderness of her touch and the tears of of her joy.“

Tomorrow is “Mother’s Day”—do as God commands and “Honor thy…mother”! No one deserves it more.

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.“–John 14:1

This verse is rich in precious truth….dear to Christ’s believing servants in every part of the world. Many are the sick rooms which it has lightened! Many are the dying hearts which it has cheered!

We have in this passage, a precious remedy against an old disease. That disease is trouble of heart. That remedy is faith.

Heart-trouble is the commonest thing in the world!
No rank, or class, or condition is exempt from it.
No bars, or bolts, or locks can keep it out.
Partly from inward causes–and partly from outward causes;
partly from the body–and partly from the mind;
partly from what we love–and partly from what we fear
—the journey of life is full of trouble! Between grace and glory–even the best of Christians have many bitter cups to drink. Even the holiest saints find the world to be a valley of tears! “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows!” John 16:33

Faith in the Lord Jesus is the only sure medicine for troubled hearts!
To believe more thoroughly,
to trust more entirely,
to rest more unreservedly,
to lay hold more firmly,
to lean back more completely–
this is the prescription which our Master urges on the attention of all His disciples.

Never let us forget that there are degrees in faith, and that there is a wide difference between weak and strong believers. The weakest faith is enough to give a man a saving interest in Christ, and ought not to be despised–but it will not give a man such inward comfort as a strong faith. Vagueness and dimness of perception are the defect of weak believers. They do not see clearly what they believe and why they believe. In such cases more faith is the one thing needed. Like Peter on the water, they need to look more steadily at Jesus–and less at the waves and wind. — J.C. Ryle

Because of Jesus we are forgiven, followers, friends, and family!–Copied

We ought to view this as a command because it is stated in the Word of God. It is also a challenge, because life is tough and we are weak. But we should also remember that it is a choice. Were it not possible there would be no obligation on our part. Regardless of how we feel, or what the circumstances are, as Christians this is a choice the we have the power to make. And there are great blessings in doing so. Rejoicing in the Lord colors our thinking about everything in life.