Cast your care on One who can bear it. 1 Pet. v. 7. Phil. iv. 6. He will not despise it, ‘for He careth for you.’
For the future, take this for your motto when over-pressed by cares and trials, ‘The Lord will provide.’ Gen. xxii, 14. Philip, iv. 19. Ps. xxiii. 1.
XVIII. THE PATIENT MOTHER.
A mother has, in a peculiar degree, ‘need of patience.’ Heb. x. 36.
I. In trials of temper. 1 Cor. xiii. 4, 5, 7. Prov. xiv. 17.
II. With your children’s faults.
Matt. xviii. 22, 35.
Look back to the days of your childhood.
Were not you equally trying to your mother?
Remember your own faults, and God’s patience with you. He bears long with you.