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In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe.  She is the woman who penned the words to "The Battle hymn of the Republic."  She wanted Mother's Day to be a day dedicated to peace.  Mrs. Howe held organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass every year.  In 1907 a woman in Philadelphia, Ana Jarvis, launched a campaign to establish a national Mother's Day.  She persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's death, which was on the 2nd Sunday of May.  Within a year, Mother's Day was also celebrated in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Jarvis and others began to write to ministers, business leaders, and politicians in their attempt to establish Mother's Day as a national celebration.  By 1911, Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every state.  In 1914 President Woodrow Wilson made the official announcement proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on the 2nd Sunday of May.

While it took 42 years of concerted effort to bring Mother’s Day into its place of prominence, God has always deemed it important for us to show respect to our Mothers.  Certainly our modern day has taught us many who have born children are not worthy of the title, Mother.  However, this special day should focus our minds on the blessings Mothers have brought into our lives.  I’m indeed grateful for those special mothers in my life.  My Mother was a little lady with a powerful will.  She came to be my friend and lifted my life with her sense of humor.  My Mother-in-law is a great lady whose can-do spirit is an encouragement to all our family.  My wife and the Mother of my children is the great blessing of my life.  There is also my daughter, the Mother of my Granddaughter.  She is such a wonderful Mother to Grace.  Of course she had great teachers.  There are many other Mother’s who have touched my life through the years. I am thankful for each of them.

This Sunday, I hope you will join me in thanking God for the those special ladies who have blessed our lives.


Thankful for Mothers,

Bro. Jerry

 

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