Good morning, Parkway congregation.  I hope your week is off to a great start.  I’m still trying to recover from our short trip to Indiana.  We had a great visit with our daughter, Jennifer, her husband Jason, and of course the golden retriever, Durden.  On Saturday, Jennifer, Jason and I ran in the Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon (1/2 marathon or 13.1 miles).  About half-way through the race the course includes a loop around the Brickyard where they run the Indianapolis 500 car race the end of this month.  It was cold and windy, but I was still pleased with my time of 2:07:54.  Rosemary enjoyed a grande cup of Chai latte tea and a read her book at Starbucks while we ran.  
             I was pleased to hear that you had a great Mother’s Day.  From all reports, Pastor Pam did a great job with the message.  I hope all of you Mom’s know how important you are.  Your job is without question the most important job in the world.  
             I’m reminded of the cute story about the second grade class that had a science lesson about magnets.  The next day on a quiz the teacher included this question.  “My name has six letters.  The first one is m and I pick things up.  What am I?”  When the test papers were graded the teacher was astonished to find that over 50% of the children wrote down the word MOTHER.
             Although I am sure at times many of you may feel like all you do is pick things up, in reality you do so much more.  Only you can heal a “boo-boo” with a kiss.  Only you can comfort a frightened child with a hug or heal a broken heart with cookies and milk.  You’re the one who always listens, who constantly offers encouragement, and who gives sage advice.  And Mom, perhaps your most important role is that of pointing your children to Jesus.  Not only do you do that through your words, but by your example.  My question to you this morning is how are you doing?  If your children followed you, would you lead them to Jesus or somewhere else?
             I love the words of Hannah, Samuel’s mother in the Old Testament.  She saw her children as a gift from the Lord.  She says, I asked the Lord to give me this child, and he has given me my request.  Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life.  (I Samuel 1:27-28 NLT)  Hannah was willing to sacrifice everything to see her son serving the Lord.  May we have that same kind of passion.  May we be faithful in praying daily for their spiritual as well as their physical well being.  Let me say again Mom’s, nothing you do in life is more important.  
             Hopefully, all of us took time this past weekend to honor our Moms and Grandmoms, realizing that whatever we did, it probably wasn’t enough.  Find a way this week, when it’s not expected, to let her know how much she is loved and appreciated.  
           
                                                      Yours for Christ,
                                                      Pastor Barry 
 


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