TOPIC:“Mothers Do Have a Mission”
“For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him” (I Samuel 1:27)
I doubt if anyone would disagree with this statement: Mothers should be remembered at least once a year, respected every day of the year, and rewarded for all they have done for us. As Dr. Peter Marshall, well-know Scottish preacher of past years, in one of his sermons wrote: “Nothing that has ever been said, nothing that could be said or that ever will be said, would be eloquent enough, expressive enough, or adequate enough to articulate that peculiar emotion we feel to our mothers.”
Now we have those feelings because of our mother's great influence upon our lives. Our mothers provide us with a message that we shall never forget. G. Campbell Morgan was a great preacher of past years. There were four preachers in his family. Once at a family reunion a friend asked, "Which Morgan is the greatest preacher?" One son looked at his father, then replied, "Mother." And so she is! For no one shapes our lives and directs our souls toward God like a Christian mother. And you mothers here today need to realize that tremendous fact.
It goes without saying that mothers have always had a mission to accomplish and a work to fulfill. Such was true of a mother in the life of Israel as a nation. There was now an urgent need for a strong and spiritual man to lead the Jewish nation back to God. The priesthood office had fallen into disrepute and the prophetic office had become corrupt. It was in this situation that God turned to a godly woman by the name of Hannah for help.
Hannah was blessed by God with a child whose name was Samuel. She made a robe for him to wear and when she made her yearly trip to the Temple Hannah brought it to him. Samuel became known by the robe that his mother had made for him. Now mothers are always making garments for their children in one way or another. The mission of every mother is to clothe her children in those spiritual garments of faith and righteousness. Let us trace this truth out in the life of Hannah.