Mother’s endless love(Isaiah 49:15)
Mother’s endless love(Isaiah 49:15)
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Intro)
1. There was a young man living with mother alone. one day young man went outside and got into car accident. Unfortunately, the accident took his sight.
Young man couldn’t handle the situation well and didn’t want to accept the reality. He closed his mind and living life in depression. Mother of young man who lost vision was deeply sad. one day, someone donated an eye.
Young man got his surgery and had one eye and he said he still had to cover other face that’s missing eye. Young man complained how am I going to live outside like this? Mother stayed quiet while her son complained. Few days, later young man was well enough to undo his bandage for his surgery.
As he could see things he started to tear up, because he saw his mother had only one eye and looking at him hearty. Mother said ‘I wanted to give you two eyes, but I will be blind and become a burden to you, so I gave you only one.’
2. Who do you recall when you hear a word ‘Home’? It is probably and most likely ‘mother. If there is a place we desire to return it will be home and person who we would meet again the most will be mother at home. We all stayed in mother’s womb for many months, and heard mother’s heart beat it is usual thing. Mother’s warmth is all children’s home of heart.
Body)
A) Mother’s love has no end.
In Japan’s tale there is story like this. Son with mother alone lived alone; later on son found a woman and got married. Unfortunately, wife got sick it was so terrible and only medicine has to be living person’s liver. Wife didn’t have much time, and with eager to save wife son killed mother and took out mother’s liver to save sick wife.
He was running crazy to get to his wife. Meanwhile he was running crazy, mother’s soul came out and said to son “Don’t run too fast, you might fall. Of course, this is just a story, but shows how great mother’s love is.
2. There was poor mother, she had son in high school, and son begged his mother to buy him a book. At that night mother came back with book he asked, but mother had towel wrapped on her head, and she won’t take if off. She went to sleep as it is, and boy was curious why she won’t take off her towel on her head.
When she fell asleep boy unwrapped her towel and found her bald. Yes, his mother sold her hairs to buy her son’s book. The boy cried due to his mother’s love. With love of his mother he studied hard and became a pastor.
3. Snowy winter in Korea, there was two men walking on valley of Kangwon. 1 was old American and other 1 was young Korean. After a long walk through heavy snow they arrived in front of a grave. Old American said “this is where your mother is buried.” And he thinks about past.
During Korean War when America came into help on the way to fall back he found a naked woman who was dead and a baby. Looks like mother was try to run away, but stranded in deep valley during winter and to keep baby’s body heat mother took off her clothes to warm baby up. Mother died but baby lived. So, American soldier buried her and adopted baby he found.
Young Korean man kneeled on snow and warm tear was gliding down endlessly. After quite of moment he stood up and undressed to bare body. He started to clean up the snow on grave and hugged the grave and said “Mother! How cold were you that day!!”
Yes, great mother’s love to give up her own is so precious and wonderful.
4. Many years ago, few days before Christmas, Armenia in Soviet Union had earth quake and many died and injured. There was a mother and daughter stuck in between broken building. The rescue was in slow pace, so mother had to take action and she reminded that people in TV drank blood to stay alive, so mother cut her arm and gave blood to her daughter and survived few days until rescue saved them.
Even our lives were saved by Jesus’ bleeding. Jesus gave us all he has. It’s like mother’s love
B) Mother who deserve respect.
In old Korea there is a custom that when you can’t provide for your parents in home, you bring them into Deep Mountain and leave them. There was son and mother in the mountain to follow that custom. Mother was kept breaking twig on the way. Son asks “mother, why are you breaking those twigs?” Mother replied, “To mark it.” Son replied, “you worry to not be able to go back?” mother replied, “No, I know I cannot come back, I’m marking it for you to come back safely.”
Son realized what he was doing was very wrong and stopped and treat his mother well after that.
2. There is one more story about this custom. one time there was a law put out this custom must follow. Son and mother knew what was coming. Son brought mother into mountain and found one of cave where mother can stay. Son and mother had tears in their eyes and said goodbye. Mother called son and gave her snack that his wife gave it to mother.
3. Our mothers have no end in their love. We need to respect for their love, but looks like today’s society is different.
God said respecting mother becomes a main source of blessing.
Deuteronomy5:16 says, ‘16 ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.’
Colossians 3:20 says, ‘20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.’
4. on the other side if you don’t respect your parents God says your life will fell into darkness in cursed death.
Proverbs 20:20, ‘20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.’
If you fulfill your filial duty you will be blessed. If you care let’s do filial duty.
Everyone, when your parents still live let’s do our duty has their child.
Con)
1. Let me share some dictums about parent and wrap this up.
Africa= Elephant doesn’t think his nose is burden/ mother doesn’t think her child is burden.
Jang Paul( French Man)= mother give us peace in our heart, and father gives light.
Some other country: even bad parents don’t want bad child.
In china there is saying (朱子十悔訓 不孝父母死後悔).
This mean if you don’t do your filial duty when your parents are alive, you will regret.
Ephesians 6:2-3,’ 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
We should thank our parents for their love, and God who gave us our parents. Let’s see and check back on how we doing with today’s sermon hallelujah!
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