Blessed Mothers’ Day to all…whether blessed with the birth of your own child, an adopted child or even if you are “mother at heart!” Truly, we remain grateful to our Lord for His precious gift of our mothers. After all, through a miracle worked by the Holy Spirit on Mary, Jesus came in human flesh. In fact, at such a blessed gift to be the birth mother of Jesus, Mary exclaimed, “My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior” (Luke 1:47).
Yes, through a mother, Jesus was born into this world as Mary’s Savior and ours. Unlike any other human “born of a woman,” Jesus came in the flesh as the “Holy One” (Luke 1:37). Born without sin as the “Son of the Most High” (Luke 1:32) Jesus would never sin, die for our sins and rise victoriously demonstrating He conquered our sin and defeated our death.
Isaiah wrote these words of comfort and confidence concerning God’s saving promise to us because of His Son using this picture of a mother’s love for her child: “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has born? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (49:15-16). How grateful we remain to God for our Christian mother’s love; how thankful we remain for the LORD’s unfailing love to us!