Mother’s Day: A Bad Idea?
Al Mohler has a thought-provoking post on Mother’s Day on his blog. Below is an excert. You can read the whole post here.
Mother’s Day is a bad idea because it subverts the reality of faithful mothering and robs faithful mothers of their true glory. Mothers deserving of honor are handed cards and taken to lunch, when songs of praise should instead be offered to the glory of God. Undeserving mothers, who abdicate their true responsibility, are honored just because they are mothers. Children, young and old, who ignore and dishonor their mothers by word and by life throughout the year, assuage their guilt by making a big deal of Mother’s Day.
(posted 5/11/09)