Mother’s Day 2026

Hi everyone, this is Allen Forte

This is my message for Mother’s Day 2026.

Today is Mother’s Day. It’s the one day of each year we set aside so that we can acknowledge the blessings we have in our mother’s. No matter who you are or where you are from, each of us has a mother.

To my knowledge, there is no day set aside in the Word of God called Mother’s Day. But there is in the Word, encouragement from the Lord that we should all honor our parents.

Ephesians 6:1-2 says it this way. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”

So, Mother’s Day is a tradition of man, but a good tradition to have because in a way, it is man’s way to say to the Lord, “we will honor our parents because You have asked us to do that.” I say today is a good tradition to have because in many ways, people have come to reject traditions, especially when it comes to parents and parenting, so that we can live our own ways.

Jesus and Mary, His mother, are our best examples of what is means to be the child who honors the mother. Mary stood at the foot of the cross while Jesus died. She was mother from His birth, and she was mother to Him at the moment of His death. John 19:25-27.

Jesus was the Son of His mother from His birth, and He was the Son of His mother at the moment of His death. He honored His mother by how He lived and He honored His mother in the way He died.

Being a mother is one of the most selfless things a mom is required to be for as long as she lives. Honoring your mother is one of the most selfless things you are required to be for as long as you live. Jesus and Mary should be the example of what an honoring relationship should be between Mother and Child.

So, today, whether your earthly example of mother and child is great or not, fulfilling the desire of the Lord to honor your mother remains Truth. It is His Word and desire for us, and we should make it a tradition of ours to follow no matter our circumstances.

In the book of Ruth, we have the example of a loving honoring relationship between mother and child, Naomi and Ruth. These two ladies had endured a difficult life, with famine and death of husbands and sons. On earth, they had each other only.

They could have given up and given in to anything to find a way to get by. Naomi actually wanted Ruth to depart and find how own life. She thought Ruth would find something better than what she would have living with her. But Ruth wouldn’t leave her. Ruth honored her mother by honoring her.

Ruth knew they had one another and they had the Lord. This kept them together and moving forward in eternal hope. As Naomi tried to encourage Ruth to find how own path, Ruth simply said “mom, I will not leave you.”

Ruth speaks to Naomie in chapter 1:16-17 saying this:

Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you.

For wherever you go, I will go. And where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God.

Where you die, I will die, and where there I will be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also. If anything but death parts you and me.”

So, today and each day hereafter, let something like this be your cry and the way you honor your mother and the Lord. No matter if your mother is living or has died already, make sure she knows you will always follow after her no matter her example in your life. Make sure she knows where she lives, you will live. Make sure she knows you will never reject her or her people. And make sure she knows the Lord God almighty Who has carried her will be your Lord and God and He will carry you also.

Finally, make sure your mother knows you will let nothing short of death separate you from her. If this is not you right now, you’ve got work you can still do. If this is you today, you’ve got work you must continue to do.

Honor your mother today with your life and how you live it towards the Lord and toward Her. This is a great tradition to have.

Live a Delivered Life. Love you.