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THE SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH
by Eddie Lawrence, D.Min
INTRO: A preacher heard a famous preacher start a sermon, "Some of the best days of my life where spent in the arms of another woman!" The crowd hung in suspense. Finally he continued, "The arms of my mother." The crowd was relieved.
The listening preacher thought, that was a powerful
introduction. Deciding to try it himself the next Sunday with his own congregation, he began, "People I want you to know something. Some of the best days of my life were spent in the arms of another woman." The congregation gasped. Everyone stared toward the Pastor’s wife. Seeing this, he was shaken a bit. Trying to remember what to say next, he finally blurted, "But for the life of me, I can’t remember who she was!"
In the arms of our mother is one of the sweetest places on
earth. The great thing about this is that a Mother always wants to be close by to hold her children, especially when they are hurting. Think of Jesus in his greatest moment of pain…where was his mother. At the foot of the cross, doubtless with her arms yearning to hold him.
TEXT: John 19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary
Magdalene.26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.(NKJV)
TRANSITION: Yes, in the arms of our mother is one of the sweetest places on earth.
Why?
Because:
1. IT WAS ORDAINED OF GOD
God created woman as a "man with a womb." Your mother was created by God to equip and nurture you. God gave her what you would need to survive.
Remember all that God showed Mary about her child! It was all God’s plan. He has a plan for you too.
2. SHE HOLDS YOU BECAUSE SHE WANTS
TO.
Illus – Most Wanted! The FBI keeps a “most wanted” list of the people they really want to catch. Now their motive is justice not love. But Mother wants us and her motive is love.
There is a yearning deep in the human heart to be desired by someone else. It is very powerful and compelling. When a person fills that need in a heart, it is easy to love. We enjoy being accepted and
wanted.
Illus– Studies in the last century proved that babies left unattended in an orphanage would die from lack of human touch. We were created to respond to touch. A mother’s touch forms the foundation..... (If you want the rest of the message it will be in the package you can acquire below).)