Even Jesus had a Mother!

The Ministry of Women

There is one thing common in every individual regardless of other distinctions. Be it prince or pauper, of notoriety or insignificance, a success or failure, one thing brings them all together. All were born of a woman. Regardless of race, culture, or ethnicity the common thread of motherhood unifies the fabric of all mankind. The knowing smile of a mother transcends the barriers and an unspoken communication is clearly understood.

No wonder Mother’s Day is such a unanimously favorite day. It is a day of honoring those who gave us birth. It is hope for posterity. Life shall continue. Another generation shall arise. Our failures may be compensated by another future society. This is not the end.

The Messiah to the world, himself, chose to be “born of woman” (Galatians 4:4). Man he could do without, but a mother was His choice of arrival into His creation. A virgin girl conceived the child through the miracle of spiritual insemination. She brought forth the child of promise: Jesus, the Christ.

He sought not to deify, but to identify. It was never His intention to bring worship or undue adulation to His natural mother, but rather to become a man and grow up experiencing our pain and identifying with our humanity through His. Due credit is given to this virtuous young woman, her willingness, her piety and strength. It was never the intention of Jesus to take away from her role, but to honor her with the everlasting life He had come to provide. In his dying moments He gave instructions for John to care for His mother.

Mary wept at Golgotha, rejoiced in the garden, and waited in the upper room for the promise of the Father. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, the birth-giver to His humanity, the one highly favored among women, was among the first recipients of the precious gift Jesus came to provide. Yes, Mary spoke in tongues as she received the gift of the Holy Spirit along with the other one hundred and twenty of the upper room crowd.
Her selfless sacrifice and humble acceptance of her role and the honorable reward of righteousness stand as an inimitable image of motherhood today!