Meter is Greek for mother.  It is found 83 times in the New Testament according to Strong’s.  In Latin mother is mater, which is where maternal and maternity come from.  There is the most famous mother: Mary the mother of Jesus.  Other mothers include Elizabeth, Salome, Eunice, and some unnamed mothers.

***I started this post for Mother’s Day, but got sidetracked.  So, here I am weeks later.  I believe that this will be my last post for 3-4 months, as I am expecting my third child within the next 2 days.  Life will be busy.  Maybe yours will too, especially as it is summer. ***

If you’re a mom with kids at home, then life is busy all the time.  Kids always need their mom.  The younger they are the more true this is.  You try to train your kids the best that you can, but you don’t always feel like you quite get through to them.  Trusting God with their lives is a very important step, because you can’t be there all the time.  God will see them through many experiences that you may never even know about.  Sometimes all you can do is pray and trust.

Verses:

Matthew 1:18 NIV  This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 10:37 ESV  Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Mark 3:31-35 NASB   Then His mother and His brothers arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.  A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.”  Answering them, He said, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”  Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He said, “Behold My mother and My brothers!  For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

Mark 10:29-30 ESV  Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.

Luke 1:15 NASB  For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.

Luke 2:33-35 NIV  The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.  Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.  And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

Luke 18:20 KJV  Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother.

John 3:4 ESV  Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old?  Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

John 6:42 KJV  And they said, is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?  how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

John 19:25-27 NIV  Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.  When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.”  From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

Acts 1:14 NASB  These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Galatians 1:15-16 NIV  But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased

Galatians 4:26 NASB  But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

Ephesians 5:31 KJV  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Ephesians 6:2-3 ESV  “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

1 Timothy 5:1-2 NIV  Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father.  Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

2 Timothy 1:5 NASB  For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

The G/K number for meter is 3613.

The Strong’s number for meter is 3384.