"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you." Exodus 20:12 The second Sunday in May is set aside as a national day to honor mothers, Believers know that it is not only on one day a year, but daily. It is one of the Ten Commandments.

Also, Scripture tells us in the New Testament, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise."
Ephesians 6:1-2

Yes, children are to honor father and mother, but Scripture also tells us of parental duties, that is, fathers and mothers parenting as one in the Lord.
In today's world, secular culture is bent on capturing our children's attention and manipulating them with things, information and fears beyond their age to understand or even deal with. Along with parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts; Christian brethren must keep our children in prayer. We stand with the parents as they teach, train and nurture the children.

Parents are--
To teach:
"You shall teach them diligently to your children , and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lied down and when you rise up." Deuteronomy 6:7 (This is God's commandment to teach the Law in the Old Testament, but we as Believers are to teach our children Christ, who is the fulfillment of the
Law.)

To train:
"Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6,

To nurture:
"And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." Ephesians 6:4

The commandment to fathers and mothers is not to be a chore! It is born out of love; love that instructs wisely, disciplines lovingly, leads by good example; always pointing to Christ and His ways. Wisdom speaking in Proverbs 8:32 says, "Now therefore, listen to me my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways."

We have an example of a mother's unforgettable love in Isaiah 50:15 where God is speaking of His unending love for His people, "Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
Yet I will not forget you."

We see the result of a godly mother and grandmother whose faith greatly influenced a young man. The Apostle Paul says of Timothy who became both a missionary and a minister, "For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Loris, and your mother Eunice..." 2 Timothy 1:5

In writing to Timothy Paul calls him,
"...Timothy my true son in the faith." 1 Timothy 1:2

God's commandment to children (of all ages) is to honor father and mother, and for parents, the grave responsibility to instruct, discipline and be an expression of the love of Christ!

This Mother's Day, I pray that the Lord bless you with a hunger and a thirst to know more of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to be all that pleases His heart.

Blessings and Happy Mother's Day!