One American holiday you don’t want to forget about, or you may be in a lot of trouble, is Mothers’ Day!
This holiday is a recognition of everything mothers do for their children, beginning with giving them life!
For most of us, who have grown up in American schools, we can recall sitting at our desk in elementary school and our teachers walking us through some a craft project—a homemade gift we could give our mothers on that special day.
With our tongues sticking out in deep concentration, we carefully cut out shapes from construction paper, and meticulously selected which colors we wanted.
We navigated the world of popsicle sticks and glue. And, in the end—and after a lot of hard work for an elementary school kid—we had a project ready to present to mom.
For most of us, our mothers were our world as kids. And, when Mothers’ Day came around, we wanted to present our best. No effort was too small … even if we were still small.
If I were to sum up this mood in biblical lingo, we wanted to offer our first fruits to our mothers as thanks for everything they’ve done to us.
The biblical world has the same expectation for God. We should always offer our best to God. We should offer up our first fruits to him.
This is also a key concept for us as finish our journey learning about servant leadership.
Fr. Dustin Lyon explores scripture to rediscover Christianity so that we can walk in the Way of the Lord.