If there is one thing that every human being on the face of the earth has in common, it is that we were all born from a woman. In other words, we all have a mother. Some of you are fortunate that your mother is still with you, while others have had the experience of losing their mother. Regardless of where you find yourself, when you look at what the Bible says about mothers, you will discover mothers are invaluable and play a very important role in the home and in the life of their children.
One of the first thing we see the Bible say about mothers is that motherhood was God’s idea. Within the creation narrative we know God created male and female. One of the purposes for creating members of the opposite sex was for procreation. It was God’s intention that a man and a woman would come together in marriage, and one of the possible outcomes of that union would be the ability to procreate, therefore creating mothers and fathers.
It was God’s plan to create family units with mothers and fathers that would be responsible for raising children. After Adam and Eve were created, God gave them an instruction to be fruitful and multiply. This would not just serve Adam and Eve, but literally all humanity. The beauty of it is that Eve would not just be the mother of her children, but the mother of all the living – which is what her name means.
“Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living” (Genesis 3:20).
Bible Verses about Mothers and Motherhood
“Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (Deuteronomy 5:16).
“As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem” (Isaiah 66:13).
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” (Isaiah 49:15).
“Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head, and a chain to adorn your neck” (Proverbs 1:8-9).