Mother’s Day 

[219 words] Where did Mother’s Day come from? While naysayers have tried to identify this holiday with past pagan rituals, the truth is Mother’s Day began as a day to honor good Christian moms. Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) is credited with bringing in the celebration of Mother’s day with the first observance at a church service held on May 10, 1908. The idea itself did not take long to be spread to churches all over. Our mothers are worthy of honor! God has given us instruction on how we are to treat our parents. We find this command in Exodus 20:12: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.” The word “honor” means to show re-spect, to reverence, even to hold in awe. What this means to us is that, no matter what our age (since…