FOR ALL MOTHERS EVERYWHERE

     Today marks the celebration known as Mother's Day.  It is a time to remember all the faithful women

Our daughter Jordan and grandson Gavin

Our daughter-in-law Bonnie and grandson Aiden

in our lives who gave of themselves tirelessly: our own mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers, aunts cousins, sisters and friends who mothered us as well.  In honor of this special occasion, I wanted to share a poem that my grandfather had framed on his wall.  This represents the reality that we all need to live with...there will be troubles and woes in this life, but God has promised to walk with us through them.  Women of God know that and trust in Him to see them through  the hard places in life.  May this encourage and bless you today and through the year to come.  Happy Mother's Day!




What God Has           Promised

God has not promised
Skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways
All our lives thro’;
God has not promised
Sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow,
Peace without pain.

God has not promised
We shall not know
Toil and temptation,
Trouble and woe;
He has not told us
We shall not bear
Many a burden,
Many a care.

Daughter in law Jessica with grandson Briggs

But God has promised
Strength for the day,
Rest for the laborer,
Light for the way,
Grace for the trials,
                                                      Help from above,
                                                    Unfailing sympathy,
                                                 Undying love.

                                                                             Annie Johnson Flint