Mother's Day

Mother’s day has been an emotional day for me since the passing of my Mother.  My emotional response always catches me off guard, expecting that time would’ve removed the feeling of missing her.  Heaven’s Garden Restored was a vision God gave me, but it was also inspired from what my Mom would tell me as a little girl.  My Mom knew the Lord, for reason’s and circumstances unknown to me, my parents didn’t raise me in church or share the gospel to me. My childhood was filled with many unusual circumstances, but my mother would pray and say things that I now understand, since becoming born again.  My mother gave birth to me at what was considered later in life for her day.  She was always concerned that she might die before I was old enough to take care of myself.  She would tell me that when I die to meet her in the tulip garden, that’s where she will be.   So today I pictured her in the tulip garden dancing with Jesus.  My mother was my biggest encourager.  She always praised me as a mother and wife. I believe she would be pleased with who I have become. One day I will meet her again in the tulip garden.  Only Jesus can fill the places in our hearts where there has been loss.  He came to heal the broken hearted.  He sent the Holy Spirit to comfort us.  In Him we are complete.

 

Father, we thank you for the gift of motherhood.  We thank you for the mothers that You have given us and the children that You have given us to mother.  Lord, keep us in Your wisdom and make us good stewards over our relationships.  We want to see Your goodness in the ways we treat each other.  Lord fill every empty place in our hearts that have come from losing our mothers or our children.  Heal our hearts and help us to be complete in You.  You know our insufficiencies and weaknesses.  Be our strength and grow us in Your ways.  Show us where we need to improve and give us strategy to execute Your plans for our lives.  Today we say that we are virtuous, trusted, kind, productive, loving, wise, passionate, and tenderhearted. We are sensitive to Your Spirit and we want your presence to fill us. Nurture us with your love so that we may nurture the ones around us. We thank You for every Mother that has impacted our lives.  Help us to make an impact as well.  In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen!