Happy Mother's Day

Is this not what Mother's Day is all about? This picture says it all - gorgeous dandelions (my favourite "flower" since having children), a sweet smile, somewhat chubby hands and a runny nose (that I did not plan to have in the picture, but I think it goes).

God is so good! Does it ever amaze you that He trusts us to raise these precious children? Sometimes I sit and reflect on the magnitude of the job at hand, with each child that needs so much love, time, direction, discipline, teaching, training....and on it goes. And yet, in God's great design with mothering, it seems the more we give out to them - especially in the younger years, the more we get back! What is better than wiping a bum while from the other end, I hear, "I love you, Mommy"? It just doesn't get better than that.

I am so glad God has allowed me to be a mom. Yes, there are hard days - in fact, there are days so hard that we feel we might not make it, but when we press into God who has given us this role, there is always new strength to be found.

Look carefully at your children as we enter into Mother's Day - watch for ways you can savour what they are doing without them noticing. Try to store in your heart a sweet thought that they trust you enough to share it with. Most of all, whether they behave well or it is just a bad day - remember this is truly the Highest Calling we could ask for...being entrusted to shape the life of another who totally trusts us, adores us and wants to be like us. May we be found worthy.

Proverbs 31:25, 28 & 30 "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come...Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her...Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."