..nor did we seek honor from people, either from you or from others, though we could have asserted our authority as apostles of Christ. But we proved to be gentle among you. As a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children, in the same way we had a fond affection for you and were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us. 1 Thes. 2: 6-8 NASB
On this day dedicated to honoring mothers, let us, with Paul, look to the devotion of a mother to her children as an example of godly leadership.