TIMOTHY’S MOTHER

 

Mother’s Day Sunday, May 8, 2022

 

TIMOTHY’S MOTHER

 

2 Tim 1:5

5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

 

          Grandma Lois was not a hypocrite, for that is the indication of the Greek anupokritos “without hypocrisy.” She, a Jewess, and a believer in Jesus, was married to a Greek, which is another way of calling him an unbeliever. The tension which this caused did not prevent her from transferring her faith to her daughter, Eunice.

 

          Not only does Paul address the divided family of Lois, but he also shines some light on the strength of the single mom, Eunice. Adam Clarke makes this comment: “Paul, in mentioning the grandmother, mother, and son, passes by the father in silence, which intimates that either the father remained in his unconverted state, or was now dead.”

 

          Today there is encouragement for all those mothers who dwell in a house divided. Paul, in First Corinthians chapter seven, suggests that a faithful wife may eventually win her husband.  1 Cor 7:16 "For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”

 

          For those single mothers, by whatever circumstance, there is hope of influencing and producing godly children. Timothy, with a pagan grandfather and an absent father, yet travelled the dangerous and adventurous roads with Paul.

 

Dear Lord, bless those grandmothers and mothers who follow you faithfully through difficult circumstances. Bless also their children and reserve them for yourself. AMEN