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Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever. Jesus takes her hand, lifts her up, the fever leaves, and she immediately begins to “wait on them” and serve them food like a good middle-eastern mother would. Serving is a significant part of any mother’s job description. The following answers were given by primary school children about mothers.
Why did God make mothers? To help us out of there when we were getting born - She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is - Mostly to clean the house. How did God make mothers? He used dirt, just like for the rest of us. What ingredients are mothers made of? God made mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean. What kind of little girl was your mum? My mum has always been my mum and none of that other stuff. - I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy. What did mum need to know about dad before she married him? His last name. - Does he make at least $80000 a year? - Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores? What does your mum do in her spare time? Mothers don’t do spare time. - To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long. What’s the difference between mums and dads? Mums have magic; they make you feel better without medicine. - Mums work at work and work at home, and dads just go to work at work. If you could change one thing about your mum, what would it be? She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get rid of that. - I’d make my mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head. Mothers in all cultures and times understand about serving. Like Simon’s mother-in-law, we are all healed in Jesus Christ and called to serve him and others for the sake of the gospel (Christ's cause). We serve him because he healed us and set us free from slavery to sin. We are set free to serve in love and faithfulness. Whatever we’re good at, we can be doing for God, for the church, and for our communities. How will you be serving this year at MEAC? Thank you for all of you who give your time, talents, and finances toward God's work here. I hope to see you at one of our upcoming Working Bees. Blessings, Rev Tanya
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