Dear Mothers

sweet daughter-in-law and grandboy
one of my favorite mothers

"Charm is deceitful, beautify is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." (Proverbs 31:30)

Dear mothers,

Happy Mother's Day just doesn't cut it; you deserve a humongous round of applause!

Thank you for every prayer you pray and every Bible story you tell. 

Thank you for every runny nose you wipe.

Thank you for every stinky diaper you change.

Thank you for every boo-boo you kiss and every hour of sleep you miss. 

Thank you for every book you read aloud over and over and over and over again.

Thank you for every song you sing and favorite blanket you mend.

Thank you for every meal you cook and cookie you bake and toilet you clean and dirty sock you wash.

Thank you for chauffeuring the school "bus" and monitoring new-math homework and gluing a science project together.

Thank you for every handclap and every cheer at every football game and baseball game and soccer game and basketball game and gymnastic meet and swim meet and Irish step-dance performance and piano recital.

May your children rise up and call you blessed; may your husband praise you and love you like Christ loves the church. 

May you hear God's voice behind you saying, "Daughter, I am not unjust as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward My name, in having ministered and in still ministering to My saints" (Hebrews 6:10).

Thank you, mothers, and happy Mother's Day!!!

Jill