My pastor asked me if I had any wisdom to impart as he prepared his Mother\u2019s Day sermon for the coming Sunday. So I did my quick little Mother\u2019s Day thing about how the truth is that most of us just actually want the day OFF, a day AWAY from the children and husbands we love so so much. How the perfect Mother\u2019s Day really requires no mothering. Then I went into my little joke about how I think we really could use another wife in my house. \u201cA good one, though, this time,\u201d I said for the millionth time in my life because I don\u2019t think \u201cPastor Gregg\u201d had heard my spiel (he\u2019s new). \u201cOne who can clean the house and watch the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what I really think about Mother\u2019s Day at church. I always get worried that a Mother\u2019s Day sermon will feel forced, or worse, \u201clight.\u201d I just got a catalog from a local Christian book store, featuring all sorts of garbage for Mother\u2019s Day. Tea cups. Stupid plaques. Gift books. Essentially a bunch of Jesus junk that no mom actually needs. Nothing to encourage moms to go deep into their gifts, to focus on their Maker to see how we\u2019re made and who they\u2019re made to be. Nothing to challenge them in to live out faith in daring, dangerous ways. Nothing to get to know God better. Nothing deep, powerful, impactful, moving, meaningful, eternal….<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so tired of Mother\u2019s Day being light and fluffy. I think moms should be celebrated \u2014 but not coddled. Mother\u2019s Day just perpetuates the lowering-the-standard thing that happens to women when they become moms. Like having children should zap out every other meaningful, challenging thing (including getting deep with God, if we\u2019re honest) in our lives.<\/p>\n
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