I remember so vividly the many Mother's Days that I sat with empty arms listening to yet another message on the gift of motherhood, while I wept silently inside fearing I would never be a mother. I would never know the awesome experience of carrying a baby inside my womb and feeling the kicks, the twirling, the little life moving about, hearing the steady heartbeat on the monitor...I would never know the extreme joy of bringing forth life, of that first sticky moment when baby was placed upon me...the sleepless nights, all the firsts of development and growth, the giggles and tears, the squishy fat rolls, the delicious smell of a nursing baby, that voice calling "momma!", the questions and conversations, the hugs, those shared moments of youth and young adulthood...
...I grieved over what I thought I would never know.
But God, who is rich in mercy...showed Himself strong on our behalf and saw fit to bless us with eight beautiful children! We have trusted God with the fruit of our womb, and He has blessed us beyond measure.
But the greatest gift, by far, is when one of my children decides that
they love God because of who God is. Not because of what I have said or done, not because of a special training technique or book, and even in spite of multiple mistakes and sins on my part.
When my child falls in love with Jesus, that is my greatest Mother's Day gift...ever.
16 comments:
This is beautiful, thank you for sharing. Happy mothers day to a mother I dearly look up to. Blessings Catherine
This is a very sweet post, and I agree with you. Just wondering - Did it take some years after marrying for you to fall pregnant?
Beautiful post!
"When my child falls in love with Jesus, that is my greatest Mother's Day gift...ever."
Oh yes! A thousand times yes!
Thank you, my friend, and a *very* blessed Mother's Day to you!
~susan
Dearest Momma,
You are so sweet. I am so thankful that God gave me to you, so that you can raise me up in the ways of the Lord. We all make mistakes but God can still work through them, even inspite of our short comings...
I love you,
Josh
Praise God for the many blessings that God decided to give you, Mrs. Regan. He is so awesome!
In Christ,
Joshua :)
P.S. Happy Mother's Day tomorrow.
AMEN!! Kathy, you have expressed it perfectly! Is that not the greatest gift, the greatest joy, to see our children loving our God and theirs too??
Happy Mother's Day, friend!! Love and prayers, Michelle
What a great, beautiful story of God's goodness! I agree so much with you about that point and time when children decide for themselves to Love and embrace God with all their hearts, souls, minds and strength!!! It is soooo wonderful to see and know that they have made that transition from hearing, learning, and then becoming!!!! Praise ALmighty God!
There was a time for us where I also struggled and was waiting to have a child, and wondered if I ever would. I had been told by my physician to do all these fancy and tests and I was about to take on something I would have to do daily, I can't even remember what it was called, just that it was very inconvenient and time consuming. As I was driving home from this visit, I felt so convicted of God to NOT do this and so I never did!I found out one day, (not too long after that), on Mother's Day, the amazing goodness of our God! The pastor of our church, at that time, was having all the women stand up so he could pray for them. A man JUMPED down off of the stage, where the worship group was standing,(He was the madolin player) and he ran over to me and told me to stand! I had never experienced anything like this before and yet I somehow knew he was right. I stood and cried!!!!! I discovered soon after, (maybe that week), that I was carrying our first child, Joshua, who was born on Valentines Day! We do serve an Awesome God who is so merciful and gracious towards us! (BTW- I am not condemning anyone who ever has gone through fertility issues and has used some methods to help them become pregnant)
Thank you for sharing sweet sister.
In Christ,
Lydia Hoppman
What a true and beautiful post! I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day!
Blessings,
Marcia
Oh what a wonderful post!!!
So sweet. What is even more precious is Joshua leaving you a few notes on your blog.
I had a Joshua. He would be 23 but we lost him in a car accident at the age of 16. Oh, how I miss him. I keep telling myself that I will one day see him again and that thought keeps me going.
ooops! Guess I posted on Kelsey's account on that last one!:)Silly me for not noticing.
I agree - I hope each of my children fall in love with the Lord because of who He is.
Motherhood is such a blessing - thanks for sharing your story.
Have a very Happy Mothers Day with your beautiful family!
Renata:)
This was a beautiful post. I love the absolute truth at the end.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Rachel
Oh, so true. That certainly is the greatest blessing of all.
Happy Mother's Day!
Love,
Lynnette
Thanks so much for the sweet comments and for visiting my blog. I have been a lurker here for quite some time and appreciate your gentle Godly example of motherhood:)) I agree, watching your children come to love Jesus for themselves is the greatest. I was able to watch our oldest son get saved the other night right before my eyes~ God is good:))
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