Moms – The Nexus

This past Sunday we celebrated Mother’s Day. Moms are a gift from God that keeps the world running far more smoothly than it would without them. But being a mom is tough these days. With that in mind, this week we are looking at a story in the Scriptures about a mom seeking to take care of her kids in a terrible situation. In this story we can find several points of encouragement and challenge for moms and all the rest of us too. Let’s dive in.

He Cares for You

Let’s get started this morning with a bit of confession time. I hope you are sitting down for this one…okay, good. I am…not a good mom. I know dads are supposed to be pretty awesome, but try as I might, I just can’t seem to hit that mark. Okay, well, if I’m being totally honest, I haven’t actually tried all that hard to hit it. When my boys need something that Lisa, my beautiful bride and their amazing mom, can do as a mom, they go to her. Every time. They don’t even give me a second thought when they need a mom thing. They just skip right past me and go to her. And get this: she does it for them. Really well (because she’s a great mom). You know, I’d almost be offended by all of this but for this one thing: I’m a dad. And dads don’t mom very well. But that’s an okay thing because God made moms. And moms are a good thing.

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Yesterday was Mother’s Day and if you have a mom in your life, I hope you celebrate her with gusto. She deserves it. We celebrated moms in our own way here at First Baptist Oakboro including this conversation about how we can structure our families in such a way as to make the passing on of the faith from one generation to the next a safer bet than it sometimes is. Keep reading to find out how.

Passing the Torch

One of the national highlights when a particular country gets to host the Olympic Games is the Olympic Torch. Each Olympics, the climax of the opening ceremonies is the lighting of the Olympic Torch. The main flame is always lit by a smaller torch that has usually been on a journey across the host nation. It has been passed from runner-to-runner, hand-to-hand, until it arrives at the Opening Ceremony and accomplishes its intended aim. The journey the torch takes, though, is not one that any single runner could accomplish as a solo venture. It must be handed off or it will eventually fall to the ground. Our lives are a little like that. We can only carry ourselves and the things that are important to us so far before they have to be passed on to someone else. If we don’t, everything we count as dear will eventually fall to the ground and be left there where it will eventually be trampled and forgotten. Now, just because we have designs on passing what’s important to us on to the generation that follows doesn’t guarantee a smooth or easy passing, but making no such plans guarantees that nothing will happen.

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