Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah

Weekend, May 10 & 11 Great Moms Who Made a Difference: Rufus's Mother Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Romans 16:13 Recommended Reading Romans 16:13-16 You may be surprised to learn that some pastors have mixed feelings about celebrating Mother's Day. The reason: Many women sitting in the pews long to be mothers but can't—those who are single and celibate, those who struggle with infertility, or those who have suffered a miscarriage or lost a child—and for them the day is painful. But every woman can be a mother to someone. The apostle Paul had an "adopted mother" whom he greeted in Romans 16:13. "Greet Rufus for me," he wrote, "…and also his dear mother who has been such a mother to me" (TLB). American Greetings, the card company, has a Mother's Day card that says, "Because you're like a mother to me, I'm thinking of you on Mother's Day. Whenever I need advice, you're always there with an open mind and an understanding heart. I can't tell you how much that means to me." According to Isaiah 66:13, even the Lord longs to be like a mother to us. Perhaps you're more of a mother than you realize. Or perhaps there's more than one "mother" whom you need to appreciate this year on Mother's Day. "Like as a mother comforteth"— O words of gentle worth! "So I will comfort you," declares The Lord of all the earth. William Runyan Read-Thru-the-Bible 2 Chronicles 32:1 - 34:33 ; 2 Chronicles 35:1 - Ezra 2:70

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