Dear Ones,
Hope you had a special weekend! It was very hot but a nice breeze by the lake where we spent Mother’s Day with our daughter and husband. We had a delicious steak dinner and went to hear our son-in-law preach and also had time to see Susan and pray together.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Mother’s Day was always special for me, but now I am only on the receiving end since my mother died 17 years ago. Although my mom has been in heaven for some time, I find her so often in my thoughts and what she taught seems imprinted deeply in my heart. The Lord was most important in her life and she prayed all five of us kids would know Him and serve Him.
When I wrote a devotional for Mother’s Day about our moms, I also included others who touched our lives and showed us the way of faith and love, I’d like to share one of the responses I got from a friend whom I have known since my days in nurses’ training.
“Your message sparked something I will share with you. When I was only 5, my mother was in a tractor accident in which she broke several vertebrae and was very close to being paraplegic as the spinal cord was “hanging by a thread.”  She had to be hospitalized for nearly 5 months.  We were all minors, living on the farm.  (Dad had, of course, passed away before my birth.)  Well, my sisters (age 16, 12, 11) became my mothers!  I don’t recall ever being worried or afraid.  (The church people, neighbors and relatives from afar helped where they were able.)  In 2013, I wrote a letter to my sisters in honor of Mother’s Day, thanking them for all the ways they had mothered me during that time, as well as the other acts of love and support throughout my life.
This coming Monday, some of our family will visit my sister and brother-in-law. If it seems appropriate, I will read my letter to them.  I hope it will be a blessing for all to recall how God used them in my life as ‘mothers’ and dear sisters.”
Perhaps God is using us right now as a spiritual mom or dad to someone else and He wants us to be faithful and to let our words and actions reflect Him.
Challenge for today: Memorize Matt. 5:16, “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so they can see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
Blessings on your week and prayers and love, Judy