The Mothering of A Mother

As we honor mothers this morning, I want to talk briefly about The Mothering of a Mother.  Today’s message is from 2 Kings 4:1-7.

Let me set the scene of the times.  This story happened during a time when the law of the land dictated that a creditor could enslave his debtor and his children to pay off debts owed.

Verse 1 reads, “The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”

Because the scriptures don’t mention that her husband died enslaved, he was likely making payments to this creditor to pay off what he owed.  

But his creditor likely heard of her husband’s death and decided to take advantage of the law, which said they could enslave her children to pay off her husband's debt.

Right off the bat, we know this woman was a real mother,  she wasn’t having it.  No one was going to take her children from her, let alone compromise their freedom and subject them to who knows what.  This woman went into “true mommy mode.”