May 10, 2008
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Mother
Mother
You painted no Madonnas
On chapel walls in Rome,
But with a touch diviner
You lived one in your home.
You wrote no lofty poems
That critics counted art,
But with a nobler vision
You lived them in your heart.
You carved no shapeless marble
To some high soul design,
But with a finer sculpture
You shaped this soul of mine.
You built no great cathedrals
That centuries applaud,
But with a grace exquisite
Your life cathedraled God.
Had I the gift of Raphael
or Michelangelo,
Oh, what a rare Madonna
My mother's life would show.
Thomas W. Fessenden
(Me and my tribe)
(my mom)
Happy Mother's Day!
For my dear friends who are waiting to become mothers, I pray that God will bless you soon.
God remembered Rachel, and God heeded her and opened her womb. She conceived and bore a son, and said, "God has taken away my reproach"; and she named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord add to me another son!"
Hannah wept much and prayed to the Lord. And she made a vow, saying, "O Lord Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life." It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son' and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the Lord. I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord." The Lord was gracious to Hannah, she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters.
I will hope and pray with you as you wait. (Read the testimony of this mom, she guest posted here http://www.biblicalwomanhoodonline.com/blog.htm and her new website is here http://www.lifeasmom.com/)
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