Op-Ed: Mother’s Day Is for All of Humanity

This article originally appeared in Newsmax on May 12, 2023

Proverbs 31:26-27, "She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness."

Even though the world seems upside down in many ways, we will experience Mother's Day on Sunday. For Mother's Day is an experience, rather than a celebration.

Why?

Our children are in danger.

We are witness to death in the womb and in the classroom.

We are witness to painful transgender surgeries and mutilations; and all forms of rampant child abuse.

This means only one thing. We are in much trouble.

There is too much pain, violence, and evil in America and globally, and not enough Jesus.

Yet, as all too many mourn, some will still celebrate Mother’s Day. Whether you are a mother or not, if you are a living member of humanity today, God alone has granted you the gift of life. (See Acts 17:26)

If you are grieving for any reason today, this writer exends deepest prayers and condolences. If he were here today, my grandfather, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. would remind us to "thank God for what we have left."

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