A Mother's Love

Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

Few things in life are as precious or as enduring as a mother's love. Our mothers give us life, and they  care for us. They nurture us when we are sick and encourage us when we're brokenhearted. Indeed, a mother's love is both powerful and priceless.

The words of 1st Corinthians 13 remind us that faith is important; so, too, is hope. But love is more important still. Christ showed His love for us on the cross, and , as Christians, we are called upon to return Christ's love by sharing it. Sometimes love is easy (puppies and sleeping children come to mind), and sometimes love is hard (fallible human beings come to mind). But God's Word is clear: We are to love our families and our neighbors without reservation or condition.

As a caring mother, you are not only shaping the lives of your loved ones; you are also, in a very real sense, reshaping eternity. It's a big job, a job so big, in fact, that God saw fit to entrust it to some of the most important people in His kingdom: loving moms like you.
~Taken from The Mother's Almanac by Criswell Freeman

There is no more influential or powerful role on earth than a mother's. ~ Charles Swindoll

Above all, keep your love for one another at full strength, since love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8

The things we learn from our mothers are forever in our hearts, my mother passed away a year ago this month but I will always remember all the important life lessons she taught me and I can rejoice knowing she is in Heaven with all the other angels.                                   

Views Of Heaven

Have you ever sat and pondered what Heaven will look like when we get there?  Is it a magical place in your visions? Is everything covered in clouds? Or maybe all gold? Some adjectives that I think of when I imagine Heaven are safe, clean, and colorful.  By colorful I mean bright, sunny, like fields of beautiful flowers, with rolling hills and the greenest grass.  I often wonder what others think of when they think of Heaven other than the most important part, FINALLY SEEING OUR GOD.

John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Revelation 22:1-5  Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.  No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.