Mother's Day

An early Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there.  Today is our day, to be waited on, pampered, receive gifts and in general kick back and relax….yeah right!!!  While the picture is nice,  the probability of that happening is slim.  As the saying goes, a mother’s work is never done.  Time has erased a lot from my memory, because I do forget how much time and effort it took to run a household and care for little children.  When I’m with my daughter and daughter-in-law, those memories come flooding back…I get tired just thinking about it!!  How did we do it?  But, do it we did…sink or swim!  Old Testament women were not usually held in high esteem, in fact a faithful Jewish man would thank God daily for not making him a woman!  There are exceptions, of course, and Proverbs 31 is my favorite illustration of a woman on a pedestal.  Take time and read it, especially you wives and mothers, the words are encouraging, and uplifting like a Mother’s Day card from God. Whoever this lady was, she should be a role model for all of us.  Among her many enduring attributes were: thriftiness, a good cook, wise, of noble character, a seamstress and  a hard worker.  The care of her husband and family were of utmost importance to her, not outward,  fleeting beauty or showiness, but the things that were truly of lasting value.  Yes, we all live in a very different world than that woman, but the ideals that she embodies are timeless.  May God bless you richly on this day, and give you the physical and spiritual strength to be that unique woman, wife and mother that God created you to be!  
A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children arise and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women do noble things,

but you surpass them all.”

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. From Proverbs 31