What a blessing it is to have a best friend, role model, and a hero wrapped up in a "Mother"!
We can never thank them for all they’ve done but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying. The origins of Mother’s Day can be traced to the Greco-Roman era celebration honoring the mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele.
Christians celebrated “Mothering Sunday”. This was once a major tradition in the United Kingdom and parts of Europe and the celebration fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent. It was originally seen as a time when the faithful would return to their “Mother Church” – The main church in the vicinity of their home for a special service.
Over time the Mothering Sunday tradition shifted into a more secular holiday, and children would present their Mothers with flowers and other tokens of appreciation. This custom eventually faded in popularity before merging with American Mother’s Day in the 1930s and 1940s.
Praise for Mom can be found in The Bible not only with instructions to “Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee” but in many other scriptures such as Proverbs 31. Proverbs 31 contains 31 verses praising the wisdom from Mother.
Proverbs 31 verses 26:31 closes with:
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth The Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”