263. Mother's Day 2026 I Kurt Hamner

This powerful exploration of motherhood reveals something profound about God's character that we often overlook. From the opening verses of Genesis, we discover that God embedded His nature into creation in two distinct ways: the grand overture of cosmic power displayed in mountains, oceans, and galaxies, and the intimate whisper woven through the design of motherhood. Like a musical leitmotif that threads through a film score, God's tender, nurturing, fiercely protective love echoes in every mother's heart. The sermon takes us from Genesis 1:27, where God creates male and female in His image, to the naming of Eve as the mother of all living, revealing that motherhood is not incidental but foundational to understanding who God is. We see this theme continue through Scripture: Isaiah 49:15 asks if a mother can forget her nursing child, Jeremiah 1 speaks of God knowing us before we were formed in the womb, and Jesus Himself uses the image of a mother hen gathering her chicks when He weeps over Jerusalem. For those of us carrying pain from broken maternal relationships, this message offers hope: the very brokenness we experience points us toward our need for the perfect love of God. Whether we are mothers ourselves, have been blessed by godly mothers, or are searching for the maternal love we never received, we are invited to see that Christ desires to be glorified in and through the unique design He placed in women and mothers.