I gave a talk in church on Mother’s Day. I just put a video version on YouTube here. I wanted to share it in text form too for those who prefer to read super fast. Here you go:

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Have you ever noticed that in the Bible, for many of the prophets and rulers, we are told their mother’s name? Like in Jeremiah 52:1 we read that Zedekiah was 21 when he began to reign, which is really something, and his mother’s name was Hamutal. It seems like wise people have known for a very long time t...