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~~~ Here's to Mom! ~~~ My mother taught me IRONY - "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE - "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE - "If you're going to kill each other…

Dr. Benjamin Carson, renowned surgeon at Johns Hopkins, tells a moving story about his mother. Mrs. Carson insisted that Ben and his brother Curtis write a book report every couple of weeks. This wasn't for school – this was for their mom. Ben and Curtis dutifully obeyed. About the time he was in junior…

Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination; and when the blizzard had subsided, searchers found her body beneath a mound of snow. But they discovered…

One of the greatest trusts in the world is the gift of Children. God entrusts mothers and Fathers both with innocent human life. It is more than tragic when we fail to keep that trust. Megan Huntsman faces six counts of murder after admitting to strangling or suffocating at least that many of her own…

Sharon Standifird served her country in the Gulf War, climbed mountains, and took care of her family, yet she found she didn’t get the respect she deserved from her children. When she would try to call them on their cell phones, her children choose to “Ignore” her calls. Rather than getting mad, Standifird…

A Mothers work A Junior High science teacher lectured on the properties of magnets for an entire class. The next day he gave his students a quiz. The first question read like this: “My name begins with an “M,” has six letters, and I pick things up. What am I?” Half the kids in the class wrote, “Mother.”…

Motherhood defined Ruth Bell Graham said, “As a mother, my job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible.”

A Mothers Love John Killinger’s book Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise includes the following affirmation: I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who was born of the promise to a virgin named Mary. I believe in the love Mary gave her Son, that caused her to follow him in his ministry and…

When Tony Campolo was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, his wife was a stay-at-home mom. At faculty functions, she’d invariably get asked what she did and she’d say she was a full-time mom. The reaction was always the same. She felt patronized by the intelligentsia so she redefined her role.One…

“My Mother.” My Mother Your love, I know—I’ve seen your tears; You’ve given to me my life. You’ve walked through hours and days and years Of heartache, toil and strife. To see that I could have the best That you could give to me, You gave up needs and often rest— You viewed eternity. To do His will my…

Importance of a mother Ralph Waldo Emerson has said, “Men are what their mothers make them” and an old Spanish proverb says, “An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.”

What is a Mother? Somewhere between the youthful energy of a teenager and the golden years of a woman’s life, there lives a marvelous and loving person known as "Mother." A mother is a curious mixture of patience, kindness, understanding, discipline, industriousness, purity and love. A mother can be…

Mother on strike I love the cartoon that shows a mother in her home. Her hair is in disarray, kids are everywhere, & the house is an absolute shambles. Then her husband comes home from work all neatly dressed in coat & tie, carrying his briefcase. She takes one look at him, & He looks at her with a big…

MOTHERS \\ Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets. Real Mothers don't…

Bible translated into life Four scholars were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its beauty and eloquent old English. Another said he liked the New American Standard Version for its literalism and how it moves the reader from passage to passage with…

The Big Sissy Like the mom who was tucking her small boy into bed one summer night during a violent thunder storm. She was just about to turn out the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, Dear,"…

The Way my mother lived. I heard recently about a pastor who had a long conversation with someone about becoming a member of his church. When he was done the young man said he was ready to join. The pastor was curious so he asked him, “What did I say that convinced you to join the church?” The man answered,…

Mothers love ILL. Jean Barron spent several years living in a little mobile home that was pretty dilapidated. She tells about raising her kids in that kind of environment. Then one day her son came home & announced that his best friend had run away from home. Jean Barron said, "I looked at my child &…

A Mothers Love John Killinger’s book Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise includes the following affirmation: I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, who was born of the promise to a virgin named Mary. I believe in the love Mary gave her Son, that caused her to follow him in his ministry and…

Mothers Day Card Most of you are familiar with the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. Well, on one Mother’s Day, Calvin is pictured standing by his mother’s bed. "Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card." "My, how sweet of you." she says. "I did it all by myself. Go ahead & read it." She begins to…

What would Jesus do I like the story about the little boy who came into where his mom was & announced that he had 2 pieces of candy. She asked, "What are you going to do with them?" He answered, "I’m going to eat them." Thinking this was a great teaching opportunity, she said to him, "Don’t you think…

Privilege of Motherhood James Keller says, "Every mother has the breath-taking privilege of sharing with God in the creation of new life." And when God places a child or children in your arms, His will for you is to bring them up in a home where they will know God & His word, & Jesus Christ as their…

Parenting is more than a duty, it’s a life calling. US News and World Report once reported the following story about parenting: “Americans are so shaped and stamped by their legacy of individualism that the concepts of community virtue and moral obligation have been discredited. In our popular culture,…

Parents don’t know it all One Mother’s Day a "For Better or Worse" comic strip portrayed Michael’s mother tossing & turning on her bed, thinking about her role as a mother, asking herself: "Am I too tough or am I too lenient? Do I give in too much or too seldom? Do I listen to what he has to say? Do…

One woman fretted and worried about her wayward children until she grasped this truth. "We mothers must take care of the possible," she wrote, "and trust God for the impossible. We are to love, affirm, encourage, teach, listen and care for the physical needs of the family. We cannot convict of sin, create…