Jesus' Mother - May 13 2018

Karrie shares about the sacrificial love of Jesus and how we are all called to mother in a way that reflects His love. In the midst of Jesus dying on the cross, He looks down and sees His mother there. There is power in this moment with Mary standing at the cross with her son, when others stand back in fear. This is the sacrificial love of Mary. We also see this reflected in Jesus. In His last painful moments, He pauses to commit His mother to John and John to His mother. By committing them to one another, Jesus is fulfilling his responsibility as a Jewish man to set his mother up well. In this case, he sets up both Mary and John for their own well-being, and does so in the midst of his tremendous pain. He gives his mom a place and purpose, and gives John protection, despite Jesus’ own suffering. This is the heart of the God we serve, and we are called to reflect His love.