WEBVTT 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:04.320 Happy Mother's Day. 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.440 Y'all get the Masterson duo here this morning. 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:09.519 My name is Christy Masterson. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:10.720 I'm Russ's wife. 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:18.160 We have three girls, three teenage girls, which I was like super scared about, but we're here and it's actually really fun. 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.920 So those of you that might be in the same boat, it's coming for you, but it's awesome. 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:22.960 It's so fun. 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:25.440 I grew up in a house full of boys. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:26.640 I have all brothers. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.600 And so my mom was like my built-in bestie. 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:37.920 So I kind of feel like I have three of those at my house, and getting to watch sisterhood up close and personal when you don't have a sister is the funnest thing ever. 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.159 But with that, we're so grateful that you're here to celebrate Mother's Day with us. 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:51.280 And I really do believe that moms get this superpower that sometimes we can get out of whack, which is that we can assess the needs of our children. 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.600 And sometimes we can overassess. 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:11.680 And I thought about a story where I was really good at over-assessing the needs of my children, which was when they were babies, I consistently just thought, even though they would be perfectly asleep in their little buckets, you know, I would just make up a reason that they needed me, which was, you know, they were cold, so they needed another blanket or their past seed slipped out. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:17.200 I needed to shove it in their mouth, you know, and Russ would consistently say, if it's not broken, don't fix it. 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.439 But I wanted to, because I wanted to overly assess their needs. 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:25.200 And then I also am guilty of underassessing their needs. 00:01:25.280 --> 00:01:35.599 Um we have a couple family stories where I wanted it to be a sprain or I wanted it to be a deep bruise, but we ended up a couple days later going to the doctor and getting a cast. 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.400 You know, those are your mom badges of honor there when you under-assess needs. 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:50.239 But regardless, as a mom, I know that all the needs around us, both for ourselves and for our children, that can just be really overwhelming. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:02:00.879 So one place that I run to consistently that I just wanted to share this morning is the beauty in that Jesus Christ fully meets our needs. 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:04.799 So in him we have full forgiveness, we have full redemption. 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:09.840 And we don't have to carry the shame that we have from motherhood and not doing it correctly. 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:11.199 And we just get to sit. 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:20.080 And I shared in the first service, I have this visual that I go back to over and over of both the face of Jesus. 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:28.400 I my image of face of Jesus is the one from chosen, where he is just so lovingly, it's almost like he just has this most tender face. 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:36.240 And I picture that, but then I also just picture a massive waterfall of his great love for me and for us. 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:45.599 And that every day I get to choose to just kind of step back in and be swallowed up in that waterfall and in that guiding presence in him. 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.159 And we all have that through Jesus. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.560 So I'm gonna pray for us this morning. 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.159 I know today can be a mixed emotions for some of us. 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:00.639 Maybe maybe you've lost your mom recently, or maybe you're longing to be a mom, or maybe you had a difficult childhood. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:05.439 So I just kind of want to pray for all of us, and I'm gonna pray for Matt as he comes to speak with us. 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:08.080 Dear Lord, we just thank you for moms. 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:13.919 We thank you for the beauty that they show us in the part of you and as creator God. 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:24.960 Lord, I pray that you would just um guide the moms in this room, Lord, that we could hear you more readily, that we would be aware of your voice and the decisions and the choices that you allow us to make for our children. 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:29.840 I pray that you would guide Matt and his sermon, that your Holy Spirit would speak through him. 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.120 Lord, we thank you for just your callings in our lives, and would we cherish this in Jesus' name? 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:35.439 I pray. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:36.240 Amen.