MOTHER'S DAY

SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME;
I NEVER ATTEMPT TO ATTEND CHURCH ON MOTHER'S DAY!

OFTEN I WANDER THROUGH A CEMETERY AND PRAY;

IT'S THE ONE PLACE WHERE THE MOST TRUE AND SINCERE TEARS HAVE BEEN SHED 
OUT OF LOVE FOR MOMS. 

I try each Mother's Day season to find a Mom who I can secretly send a gift or word of encouragement to.
It's my way of remembering my own Mom who to me was absolutely the best and most beautiful soul God ever sent into this world.

I think to myself:
WHEN--
It’s Mother’s Day--
I’ll just skip church that day!

Yep, only the perfectly approved Proverbs 31 ladies will attend with their family all in tow.
The greeters at the church door will hand out flowers to these truly fine ladies, the sermon will praise them, and their mates will take them out to the finest restaurants to dine after the service.

Definitely God bless them and their families --
but all too often the preacher's well intended message diminish the other Mothers who don’t have all the Proverbs skills YET.
The abused women
The abandoned women
The divorced women
The mother of an illegitimate child
The mom who has a child in prison
The mentally, physically, or emotional ill women
The spiritually hungry women

AND WHAT ABOUT?
Moses’ mother how successful did she feel when her son murdered
Mary how successful did she feel while her son hung from a cross
David’s Mom-- that adulterer how dare he embarrass her
Sampson’ Mom-- the blinded by lust son
On and on the list could go!

My son/daughter the alcoholic
My son/daughter the thief
My son/daughter the liar
My son/daughter the (you fill in the blank) -------------

These things shout to the hurting broken heart of a mother tormented by Satan that she wasn’t perfect, isn’t perfect, and may never be perfect.

Yet she loves! And loves unconditionally! Hoping and praying for a better day for her children.

OH THAT WE COULD SEE INTO HER HEART --
IT WOULD SURELY BREAK OUR OWN HEARTS --
SEEING THE BEAUTY OF HER HEART'S PRAYERS

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