Hope all of you who read this and are moms had a great Mother's Day. All of you who have your mom alive - talk to her, enjoy her, share memories and make some too. I miss my mom. She has been gone 7 Mother's Days as of this year. I miss her hugs, laughing with her, and just talking with her. I miss being able to pick up a phone when I am cooking something she taught me to make and making sure of the recipe. I miss having someone to call on Mother's Day and wish happy Mother's Day and to give a gift to. If you are blessed to still have your mom - Enjoy her and be a blessing to her.

I am so thankful to the Lord for my mom. She read me the Bible as a child and taught me it was different from all the other story books we read - it is the Word of God and completely true. My mom taught me that God punishes sin but she also taught me God loves me. She helped me memorize my first two scriptures - John 3:16 and Psalms 100. In two passages she equipt me for life - I knew where I came from - God made me; I knew how to be saved - through Jesus Christ; and I knew to be thankful to God!

What are YOU teaching YOUR children? Are you teaching them anything or are you letting the world do it for you?

Between church this morning and my Bible reading this afternoon I have seen two extremely different moms and what they did for their children. In my Bible reading this afternoon in Matthew 14 we find the story of Herodias. Herodias was a mother, but she was not a good mom at all. Her lifestyle was immoral - she was an adultress. She hated the truth John the Baptist preached and she would have killed him herself if she could (Mark 6). She raised her daughter to walk in her sensual, sinful footsteps. We know from the Scriptures that her daughter was a dancer and I doubt we are talking ballet. She danced in such a way it moved the king (her stepfather/uncle) to promise her almost anything even half the kingdom, but her mother had her well in hand and had already instructed her to ask for the head of John the Baptist so she did. Herodias ended up making her daughter a murderess and most in likely unless something happened we are never told about, led her to an eternity in Hell.

There are plenty of those kinds of moms around today. They want their little children to be so popular. They don't care about the child's morals, in fact with their little girls many of the moms think it is cute to dress them in clothes that are suppose to be "sexy" but are indeed the attire of a harlot! From an early age the child learns to lie, cheat, and hate with some moms. Some it is not so open, instead they learn it in the form of gossip and catty talk, but it amounts to the same thing.

Then in church today we heard about the Syrophenician woman who came to Jesus on behalf of her daughter. (The story is in Matthew 15 and Mark 7)  Her daughter was vexed by a devil. She was in need. This mother somehow heard about Jesus and what He was doing and decided He could help her daughter. So she traveled to find Jesus and came to Him. At first it seemed He would not hear her, but actually she trying to come the wrong way - she approached as the Jews might, but He was not come to the Gentiles as Messiah. He brought her along with His words till she found she could come in faith to her Master and He answered her faith. He delivered her daughter. I am quite sure that mom raised that little girl to love the Lord and to live in a manner pleasing to Him.

What about YOU? Are you leading your child to Jesus or away from Him? What you do and teach today can have eternal influence in your child's life. Will they bless you when they stand before God or curse you?