Ines Franklin

Why Mother’s Day?“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12Spiritual object permanence, rememberingMothering reveals God’s heart:So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 I see you“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” Isaiah 49:15 And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered. Then the angel of the LORD told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.” The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.” …She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” Genesis 16:8-10,13I hear you“As a mother comforts her child, so w