Happy Mother’s Day! Every Sunday around here, it’s about His Words instead of mine. If you’ve wondered what He’s said about motherhood, read on. If you are looking for a Mother’s Day post, and missed yesterday’s, you’ll find it here.

She is clothed with strength and dignity;
    she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. – Proverbs 31:25-30 NIV

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. – Psalm 127:3 ESV

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. – Proverbs 23:22-25 ESV

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching… – Proverbs 1:8 ESV

 

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV

Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. – Matthew 19:19 ESV

But watch out! Be careful never to forget what you yourself have seen. Do not let these memories escape from your mind as long as you live! And be sure to pass them on to your children and grandchildren. – Deuteronomy 4:9 NLT

Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you;
    never forget what you learned at your mother’s knee.
Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair,
    like rings on your fingers. – Proverbs 1:8-9 MSG