A Mother’s Love

I know that there are mothers out there who are not worth a dime, but for the most part mothers are one of a kind, because they love in a way that is hard to understand. Their love knows no bounds and they would go to the ends of the earth for their children. I am not saying that men would not, but there is a connection between a mother and child that a man will never know, but can learn from. A mother carries the baby in her womb for 9 months and gives painful birth to their child. Men do not have that experience, as they only start to bond once the baby is outside the womb. Even then, there is a Mother’s love that is not understandable, but is testimonial to how God loves us.

Mark 7:24-30 says, “From there He arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, but He could not be hidden. For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him, and she came and fell at His feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.” And she answered and said to Him, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.” Then He said to her, “For this saying go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter.” And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.”

This Gentile woman, who would be considered unclean and unworthy by any true “Rabbi,” and would not be given the time, is begging at the feet of Jesus for her child. She does not care what people think, and only wants her daughter to be released from her prison of possession. She humbles herself and falls at the feet of Jesus and begs Him, and does not leave until she has received what she desires for her child. Jesus compares her to a puppy (closer to the Greek) in front of everyone, but she does not care, because her daughter is on the line here. She answers Him in faith that He loves like she loves her daughter, and basically says she knows His love is for everyone. Jesus is moved by this woman’s demonstration of faith and heals her daughter. It was not her faith that did it, but her faith in Jesus. It was her love for her daughter, a Mother’s Love, that moved her to her knees pleading before this Jewish Messiah, begging for a miracle for her daughter.

This story amazes me, because how much more did Jesus show love for us by dying on the cross. He took the testimony of a Mother’s Love to eternity for us. He loved us so much that He died for us, even though it was us who deserved death. He was humiliated for us, beaten for us, cried out in agony for us, and then defeated death for us in the resurrection so we can spend eternity with Him. How AWESOME is that? Seriously, when was the last time you thought about how great it is to have a Savior who loves you like your mom, more than your mom.

Let’s take the example that mothers give us with their children and Christ gave us in giving Himself for us, and not be afraid to look foolish for Him. Show love like a mother and Jesus to others by telling them of Jesus Christ, because you know that He is the only way to Heaven. Be willing to look foolish and to be humiliated, because you love people so much that you want to see them in Heaven.

Romans 10:9, “if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. With the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.”