Happy Mother's Day

Smoky Mountain National Park, Our Destination This Weekend

This weekend is special because it's Mother's Day weekend. I read on an adoption website that Saturday is a day to remember birth mothers. I do wonder about Joshua's birth mother. I need to lift her up in prayer more frequently. I remember the first time I prayed for her. At the time, I didn't know whom I was praying for, or even where. But in August of 2007, I began to pray fervently one night. I just felt as though somewhere, a child of my future needed me to pray. And so did his birth mother. My heart was first turned toward adoption at this time. I look back in amazement, as August 2007 was her last month of pregnancy. Joshua was being formed in her womb. In a perfect world, mothers wouldn't need to relinquish their children. We do not live in a perfect world. One day we will. I pray that somehow the message of the gospel is shared with this woman, and that one day, every tear will be wiped from her eyes.

As for Mother's Day, I have so much to be thankful for. A wonderful husband, three beautiful children, a Savior Who's keeping me always...

I'm also thankful for the mothers in my life. My own precious mother, generations of mothers that have influence me...my speech, my mannerisms, my laughter, my care for children, how to cook, my knowledge, my name....generations.

My fellow mothers that have walked beside me, shown me how to be more Christ-like, taught me how to teach my children, laughed with me, prayed with me for our children...and even those I've met in blog world. So many of you I would love to meet in person as I've watched you perservere to bring your babies home from Haiti.

This weekend, I'll be lifting up a special young woman in our church who just lost her son due to complications, days before his due date. God has given her and her husband much grace, but I can't imagine.

The bottom line is that our children aren't ours. We only have them while God deems it right for us to have them, and not a moment before, not a moment more. Time is precious. May God help us redeem that time for His glory.

Happy Mother's Day To You & Yours,