Young man Timothy benefited from what the Holy Spirit did to his grandmother Lois. Through the good news of Jesus Christ as risen Savior, Lois learned the most important thing in her life: God loved her with an everlasting love. Her sins are forgiven!

The Holy Spirit prompted Lois to pass this precious truth on to her daughter Eunice. Eunice, a combination of her father's and mother's DNA, was born again in baptism and the Word.

When Timothy was born, he was not just a bundle of genetic material, but a human being in need of God's grace. Whatever aspirations Eunice had as a mother for her child, she made sure that he learned who Jesus Christ is.

Paul writes to Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:3-7, "I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. Realling your tears, I long to see you, so tht I may be filled with joy. I have been reminded of your sincere fatih, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self discipline."

Thank you, Holy Spirit, for passing on the torch of faith through the Loises and Eunices of today. We rise in honor of the mothers who keep fanning into flame the gift of God to the children God gives to them.

Happy Pentecost Sunday!

Happy Mother's Day!

Blessings!