[:en]Today is Mother’s Day. As we commemorate the sacrificial love of a mother for her child, let us also remember that God compares His love for His people with a mother’s love for her child. When the people of Israel felt abandoned by God during their exile, they complained: “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me” (Isa. 49:14). But God said: “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!” (Isa. 49: 15)
Family, relatives, friends, society may abandon us but God will never forget nor forsake us. For the Lord says: “I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (Isa. 49:16) God will always protect and provide, for He cares for us.[:]