The key to preaching this passage in a way that honors mothers, appears to me to be found in verse 13: 'As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.' Even as children are comforted in their having a mother, or having had her raise them; so God's children are comforted by what God does for them spiritually, in conveying His blessings to them in a real and personal way; just like a mother. Some of the comforts and consolations which God brings to a godly mother and her children are listed for us here. Let me bring them out for you to see. First of all, we are comforted by the very wonderful reality that God is the One who allowed our mother to give birth to us. (Verses 7-9) Secondly - It is a very great comfort to us, God's children, that our mother nursed us in physical things, and also in spiritual things. (Verses 10 and 11) And Thirdly - It is a great joy to us, God's believing children, that even as our mother comforted us when we were young, so God comforts us when we grow older. (Verses 12 - 14a). Let us meditate together on these truths while we think of the godly mothers whom we have known, and let us give thanks for them.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...
