Dear Ones,
Happy weekend to you! Hope you can celebrate Mother’s Day tomorrow remembering your mother and her influence on your life. Today I plan to clean and pack the car and then tomorrow we will be going to Hackensack for church and then on to the Lake to celebrate with Ann’s family. Very early on Monday we leave for N.C.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Mother’s Day is a special day for each of us to remember the mother that God gave us. Mothers come in all size and shapes and personalities and yet, I like to think that God knew the exact right one for me. I didn’t always think that way, as I wondered when I was young why God didn’t pick mine to be warm and fuzzy and have a desire to spend lots of time talking about feelings, for I am a feeler and she a thinker. But God knows best and later I understood that she was what I needed in my life to spur me on, to help me to know truth and not to compromise, to seek what is most important and not care what others think. She was continually serving others and without thinking of the cost of her energy. She wasn’t one that wanted to be up front giving a talk, but behind the scenes serving in a selfless way. She pushed me to believe I could do things before I thought I was ready and taught by example. We never missed church and she had me in Sunday school when I was only two.

Your mother may be totally different than mine, and some of you reading this had moms who may have been absent. One thing we all know is that our mom’s loved us enough to carry us in her womb for 9 long months and like David said of the Lord in Psalm 139:13, For you did form my inwards parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb.” If we were fortunate our moms also nurtured us, supported us, loved us and guided us, even when we were selfish and   didn’t give back. I’d like to share a poem I read and the author is unknown.

“There is no love, like a mother’s love, no stronger bond on earth…
  like the precious bond that comes from God, to a mother, when she gives birth.
A mother’s love is forever strong, never changing for all time…
and when her children need her most, a mother’s love will shine.
  God bless these special mothers, God bless them every one…
  for all the tears and heartache, and for the special work they’ve done.
   When her days on earth are over, a mother’s love lives on…
through many generations, with God’s blessings on each one.
  Be thankful for our mothers, for they love with a higher love…
from the power God has given, and the strength from up above.”

Challenge for today: Thank the Lord for the mother who gave you birth and if your mom is still living, thank her for giving you life.

Blessings on your weekend and prayers and love, Judy