A Mother's Love

"A Mother's Love" Poem  & Collage Illustration © Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.

A Mother’s Love

©  2012 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps a billion stars

Rivers, lakes and trees

Teeming all with critters,

And billions more of these.

The song of our Creator

Is abundance it would seem

Until one sees a snowflake—

That each one is unique.

Perhaps a billion snowflakes

And no two are alike;

Each a tiny masterpiece

From microscopic sight.

Perhaps a billion mothers

But one alone is mine,

Unique and irreplaceable

In my heart and mind.

Embroidered like a snowflake

In the fabric of my soul;

In all true mother’s hearts

The love of God is ever told. 

Prayer 

Heavenly Father, thank You for my precious mother and mother-in-law. Thank You for all mothers everywhere and for this day when we celebrate  the gift of their lives and what they mean to us. 

Help us never to take their precious lives for granted. Help us to show our mothers gratitude, honor, and respect for all they have done for us throughout our lives. For those whose mothers have passed away, please help them still to honor the memory of who their mothers were and to allow them to live on in their hearts through their love. 

For those who are holding bitterness in their hearts toward their mothers please give them the grace to forgive as You have forgiven each one of us. 

Help each of us to remember today that life is very short and no one knows when You will call us home. 

Help us not to hold a grudge against any family member or any person but to love as You have loved us. 

Help us to love those who gave us life and raised us; to celebrate their lives and let them know how much we care about them. May we never neglect them. 

Bless all mothers everywhere today and fill them with joy. 

In Jesus' holy name, amen.

"May the Lord richly bless both you and your children. 

May you be blessed by the Lord who made heaven and earth." ~ Psalm 115:14-15 (NLT)

 

Mother's Day Digital Greeting Card ~Digital Collage by S.D. Harden

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© 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved. Scripture Quotation taken from the New Living Translation © 2013 Tyndale House Foundation All Rights Reserved. Unto The Least of These © 2015 Suzanne Davis Harden All Rights Reserved.

The Greatest Gift

"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift." ~2 Corinthians 9:15 

The Greatest Gift Of All
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For The gift of this new day, 

New mercies all around I see 

With the rising of the sun 

For these I give my thanks to Thee, 

For Thy love abounds toward me, 

I see it, Lord, in everything! 

Thy love toward everything You've made 

For this, oh Lord, I sing Thy praise! 

Lord, I love You, and I sing, 

I worship You, my Holy King! 

Thank You, Father, for this day, 

Thy blessings sent in many ways... 

For Thy peace and for Thy love, 

Thank You mostly for Thy Son, 

Who sacrificed His holy life 

That I could become Your child, 

Forgiven of my sin and shame, 

And bear Thy righteous holy name. 

Christ bought me with His holy blood  

And gave to me His holy robe 

Of righteousness forevermore, 

I praise You, Oh my Savior Lord! 

Oh praise the Father,  

Praise the Son 

Praise the Spirit,  

God above...

Praise our Holy King of  love! 

Psalm 103:1-2  

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy 

name.  

Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me.  

Ephesians 2:8-9  

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; 

it is a gift from God.  

Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can 

boast about it.  

Psalm 103:11-12  

"For (God's) unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of 

the heavens above the earth.  

He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west."  

Prayer 

Heavenly Father, thank You for Thy precious Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who, 

though He knew no sin, out of Thy measureless love for each of us, became 

sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of  God in Him. The 

depths of Thy love for us cannot be fathomed. Help us meditate on Thy love 

and give us grateful hearts each day that we might never take for granted this 

indescribable gift You have given to us, in Jesus' name, thank You, I love You, 

Lord, amen. 

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Scripture references: New Living Translation © Tyndale House Publishers, 

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Thank You, Lord

 "This is the day the Lord has made;We will rejoice and be glad in it."

~Psalm 118:24

Thank You, Lord

Lord, I thank You for this day,

I bless and praise Thy holy name!

I bless and sing Thy holy praise

For all Thy gifts to me You gave!

Holy, holy, is Thy name!

Thank You for my soul You saved;

Saved me from sin and the grave,

By Christ's blood, oh praise Thy name!

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God's Word admonishes us to be thankful for all of the gifts and bessings which He showers down upon each of us every day. However, sometimes we can be blinded to the sense of God's Presence and His gifts to us and think that He has forgotten all about us. 

We may even think that He somehow loves us less than others because we end up comparing our lives to other people and think we've gotten a raw deal. 

Many things can cause this to happen. God knows and understands this perfectly. His grace meets each of us where we are. Just as the clouds can obscure the sun sometimes making it less visible does not mean it has gone away.  

Even so, illness, trials, any number of sad things can blind us to God's good gifts in our lives. 

But just as the sun is still shining even on the cloudiest of days, God's gifts to us are still there waiting to be discovered if we just open our eyes and stop focusing on the sad things. Being grateful releases joy in our hearts. 

PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father, help us to see the wonders of Your grace all around us even during challenging times. Help us remember that there are no second class citizens in Your Kingdom...for You are no respecter of persons and love each of us as if we were the only one to love. How... Because You live inside of us and have each of us all to Yourself. We are Your very own precious temples and You cherish us. Thank You for the wonder of knowing and loving You! You are an awesome God! In Jesus' holy name, Amen 

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God's Blessings

God's Blessings

Heavenly Father, open our eyes to see the myriad ways in which You have poured out rivers of blessings over our lives. 

Help us to see through Your eyes how blessings can come disguised as unanswered prayers, trials, and challenges. 

Lord, we recoil from these "blessings", yet these are often the kind You choose to draw us closer to You, to help us get to know You better. 

Lord, if we find ourselves on a path we never planned to travel down, help us not become bitter, but to trust You, and thank You for the path. Help us believe Your promise that You are working everything out for our good, even the trials. Thank You, Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Romans 8:28 (ERV)

"We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love Him."

Lamentations 3:21-24 (ERV)

"But then I think about this, and I have hope: 

We are still alive because the Lord’s faithful love never ends. Every morning He shows it in new ways!

You are so very true and loyal! 

I say to myself, “The Lord is my God, and I trust Him.” 

James 1:2-4 (ERV)

"My brothers and sisters, you will have many kinds of trouble. But this gives you a reason to be very happy. 

You know that when your faith is tested, you learn to be patient in suffering. 

If you let that patience work in you, the end result will be good. You will be mature and complete. 

You will be all that God wants you to be."

John 16:33 (ERV)

Jesus said, “I have told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have troubles. 

But be brave! I have defeated the world!” 

Psalm 16:8 (ERV)

"I have set the Lord always before me;

Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved."

"God's Blessings", © 2014 S.D. Harden, Unto The Least of These, Photo Illustration Source/Internet