Honor Our Mothers

Happy mothers day to all mothers out there!  This is such a great day to honor those women in our lives who have impacted us the most through years of caring and nurturing. Now I understand that not all have the ideal situation with their mothers but each of us have a woman in our life who has changed us and helped so much and that is a woman to call a "mother" as well.  Mothers have such a divine role from God to bring His children into this world and then raise them in righteousness.   We should give such great honor and devotions to our mothers.  As always the greatest example of this that we have is our Savior, Jesus Christ.  He loved and served His mother all His days on the earth.  Two specific accounts of this are first in John 2, this is where Christ and His Apostles are attenting the marriage and His mother comes to Him and says in concern, "They have no wine."(John 2:3) Now Christ's response is this, "Woman, what wilt thou have me to do for thee? that will I do"(JST John 2:4) Jesus then turns water into wine to calm his mother's concern and come to her aid.  Wow, I just love that passage. The very Son of God when His mother comes to Him and desires help responds with such a willing attitude and says, What can I do for you?  Whatever it is I will do it.  That is the same attitude we should have, simply out of love and respect for our mothers.  Then on the cross the Savior again shows us how much His mother meant to Him.  In John 19:26-28 it reads, "When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the diciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."  At this moment Christ turns His mother over to the care of John for the rest of her days.  One of the last things He made sure happened before He carried on to fulfill His purpose was to make sure that His mother was taken care of, that she would be provided for.  In these two accounts our Savior truly teaches us the worth of mothers in our lives.  Let us learn from Him and serve our mothers out of love.  We could never repay all that our mothers have done for us but we can do everything possible to try.  I love my mother so much.  She taught me how to have fun, how to live, how to love, and taught me the Gospel.  The teachings of my mother have shaped me into who I am today.  I owe her so much.  I wish all you mothers a Happy Mother's Day, and especially to my mother so far away.