Tonight as I am planning out my Mother's Day weekend with our moms, I can't help but sit down and write. I am so very blessed to have a mother and mother-in-law who are both just truly amazing. My mom has a saying she loved to say to us, "Boys may come and go, but mom's are forever." It was always said as a joke. But really, it was meant to put things in perspective. My mother is a steady rock in my life and always will be.
When I got married she said to me "Boyfriends have came and gone, but husbands are forever."
I wasn't sure what to think about having a "forever mother in law". Typically I hear people complaining about theirs. But instead I find myself missing my mother in law, like I miss my own family and looking to her for advice and support. I continually thank God that He has placed us into such loving and awesome families.
But as I think about our blessings, my thoughts drift to something that I cannot turn away from. My heart hurts for those who do not have this kind of love given by a mother and a family. There are children who do not understand what a real love means. They are treated as unimportant, abused, neglected, and alone.
Children are important. Children are meant to be seen and heard. Children have gifts and talents and love to give. But they need someone to guide them, teach them, and show them they are important. We are called to this. I am called to this.
God has given me awesome motherly examples, not just to give me warm fuzzy
feelings, but to see a small glimpse of how much God cares and loves for
us-His children. I know most of you would do anything for your child.
Just thinking about their safety, their future, their dreams. I know it
brings tears to your eyes. How much more does our perfect Father care
about our safety, our future, and our dreams? So for those children who do not know the love of a family, or the love of a Heavenly Father, I will pray. Pray that they are safe, that they find the love of a family, that they are shown God's love, that someone sees them. Not for just another kid or a nuisance, but as a human being with purpose, created in God's image, to love and be loved.
