One Pastor's Musings

05-14-12 Monday’s Devotion – Love of Mother or Money?

Exodus 20:12  “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.”

Yesterday was Mother’s Day.  I try to make sure in our church services to be sensitive to the fact that not all women have had children of their own. Yet as I said, unless we crawled out from under a rock we have all had mothers. Joe and I have both lost our mothers but we thought of them yesterday.  Our son Robert came to church. Later we all went to lunch and a movie. I had a really good day. I’m glad we have Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. It’s so easy to take one another for granted.  These days help children remember to honor their father and mother and husbands and wives to show love for their spouse. Yesterday morning’s sermon in our series on happiness focused on the fact that the source of true happiness comes from two things; our relationship with God and our relationship with other human beings. Wealth, power, and all the other trappings of materialism may help our happiness quotient, but they are not the source of the deep joy that stands firm even in the face of dire circumstances.  Some people purchase lottery tickets with the hope they’ll hit the jackpot and find happiness.  They take a chance on pure chance.  If they want happiness let them work on their relationships and their love of God. That will be much more likely to bring to them the happiness they seek.

Dear God, we ask your inspiration as we work on those often stressed familial relationships and as we step out in faith and try to make new and better friends.  Help us to love as you love and bring us the joy that springs from within.  We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Have a blessed week,
Paige