The Love of a Mother

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands:" Isaiah 49: 15

The love of a mother for her child is perhaps the purest, truest love we can experience here on earth. The maternal bond is a bond stronger than death, yet a mother may forget her child. Her love may not be true. Mothers do abandon their children, sometimes before the child even takes a breath.

God says that he will not forget Israel, His people. He has graciously extended this promise to the Gentiles. He says that He has engraved us upon the palms of His hands. I could not help but think of the nails in Jesus's hands. God has not forgotten us or left us in our sin with no way to be reconciled to Him. His love for us is so strong that He offers His only Son as a propitiation for our sins, so that we might have a way to come home to our Father.

"Thank you, Heavenly Father, for your steadfast love. Help us, dear Father to have true love for our children, the kind of love that always makes a way for our children to come home." Amen

Art by Andre Salvador
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