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It was God’s idea that you should be born a little girl and grow into a beautiful woman. He saw your tiny body while still in your mother’s womb and knit you together and concluded, “she is good!” Sweet Mom, God gave you life. Regardless of how you were conceived or who your parents were, He breathed life into your body so long ago. You were worth dying for. You belong to Jesus.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (Psalm 139:14, NKJV)
Dear Mom, Imagine the shepherd’s surprise on the night of Jesus’ birth. They were simply watching their sheep, like all the other nights, when suddenly everything changed. Kind of like a mother – doing ordinary things on an ordinary day…when, out-of-the-night-sky an angel started speaking, hosts of angels began singing, the “ordinary” became “extraordinary.” Do […]
I love Mary and one day I will meet her. Right now she is with Jesus, her earthly Son – the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world – what a story. Mary’s resolved willingness to obey the angel’s announcement in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 2 is so admirable. I enjoy […]
Dear Mom, When the angel Gabriel came to the elderly priest Zechariah saying that his prayer had been heard, he was puzzled. Having long since given up praying for a son, he had moved on. Sweet Mom, have you given up on a long-awaited prayer request? What’s amazing about this story is: when you make […]
Dear Mom, If you are completely burnt out – often up until the wee hours of the morning trying to accomplish all your tasks, I pray that God renews your strength today. The Bible says when we are weak and completely spent, He is so incredibly strong. In a sense, we absorb the strength of […]
Dear Mom, During this fall season, once again, the climate shifts and I am reminded that nothing on earth stays the same. I never liked much change as a young mom; I found it too disruptive in my family’s routine, however, change is like an avalanche – impossible to hold back. I’ve learned, despite what […]