Pastor's Weekly Update

MAY 11, 2023

LAKESHORE FRIENDS—

Mother’s Day is this Sunday and we can’t wait to spoil all the women on Sunday with a service that we hope will be a high point in your day.  After all, you deserve it!

Motherhood is a hard endeavor.  Carrying each child in your body for three-quarters of a year, giving birth to them, recovering all while feeding them at all hours of the day, and then spending 216 months of your life building into them is a difficult and strenuous task!  And no one can do it with the tenderness and thoroughness like our mothers.

While being a mom is hard, the rewards are as amazing as virtually any other endeavor.  You get to build into children so that they love God, love people, contribute to society, and glorify God as His image bearers.  Can you think of any accomplishment that is greater than this?  I can’t.

I also realize that Mother’s Day isn’t the same for everyone.  Maybe your mother is no longer here, or your relationship with her was not the best, or something else causes you to see this day as something less than a banner day.  If that’s you, you’re not alone.  There are others who feel this way.

We’re here to help.  More importantly, God is available to help.  He is an ever-present help in times of need (Psalm 46:1).

Regardless of if you are a mother, will be a mother, or were just born to one, we hope to start your day off right on Sunday.

Warmly,
Vince