Thursday, May 5, 2011

ONE OF A KIND

MY MOTHER IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND.  IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND YOU KNOW HER, YOU KNOW I AM SPEAKING THE TRUTH.  SHE REALLY IS AN AWESOME WOMAN, PERSON, MOTHER, AND DAUGHTER.  TODAY IS MY MAMAS BIRTHDAY AND I FEEL THE NEED TO EXPRESS MY LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR HER THIS MORNING. 

GROWING UP, I COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER MOTHER OR ROLE MODEL.  MAMA TRULY LOVED HER LITTLE FAMILY.  MY DAD KNOWS HE RECEIVED A BLESSING WHEN HE MARRIED HER AT 17 YEARS OLD.  HER FAMILY HAS ALWAYS MEANT EVERYTHING TO MY MAMA.  MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF BIRTHDAYS AND HOLIDAYS WERE ALL MADE EXTRA SPECIAL BY THIS VERY DEDICATED WOMAN.  AS A CHILD, BEDTIME WAS SPECIAL.  SHE WOULD COME INTO MY ROOM FAITHFULLY EVERY NIGHT TO LISTEN TO MY PRAYERS AND TO KISS ME BEFORE SHE TURNED OUT MY LIGHT.  EVERY MORNING WAS SPECIAL TOO.  SHE WAS MY ALARM CLOCK AND WOULD WAKE ME UP WITH A CUP OF COFFEE MILK.  JUST THINKING ABOUT THOSE DAYS MAKES ME SMILE.  I HAD AN AWESOME CHILDHOOD.

ONCE I GREW UP AND DECIDED TO ACT LIKE AN IDIOT, MY MAMA LOVED ME JUST AS MUCH AS EVER.  SHE NEVER TURNED HER BACK ON ME, EVEN WHEN SHE SHOULD HAVE.  MY MOTHER DIDNT LIKE THE THINGS I CHOSE TO DO, AND SHE DIDNT AGREE WITH MY ACTIONS, BUT SHE LOVED ME UNCONDITIONALLY.  NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I HURT HER OR LET HER DOWN, MY MOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO PICK UP THE PIECES.  SHE HAS DEFENDED ME AND TOOK UP FOR ME COUNTLESS TIMES.  I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THE LORD SAW FIT TO BLESS ME WITH A MOTHER LIKE MINE.  SHE IS TRULY ONE OF A KIND. 

IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE COULD EVER LOVE ME MORE THAN MY MOTHER DOES.  A LOVE LIKE THAT IS SO VERY RARE.  WHEN I THINK OF THE LOVE OF MY MOTHER, I CANNOT HELP BUT BE REMINDED OF THE LOVE THAT JESUS HAS FOR US.  JUST AS MY WONDERFUL MOTHER LOVES ME, JESUS TRULY LOVES US ALL IN AN EVEN GREATER WAY.  NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHERE WE HAVE ENDED UP OR WHAT WE HAVE CAUSED, JESUS LOVES US ALL UNCONDITIONALLY.  NO SIN IS TOO GREAT TO BE UNFORGIVEN.  HIS LOVE FOR US KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES.  HE ONLY ASKS FOR US TO REALIZE THIS.  TO COME TO HIM WITH AN OPEN MIND, A REPENTITIVE HEART AND A WELCOME VESSEL IN WHICH HIS SPIRIT MAY LIVE. 

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THIS "NOTE" THIS MORNING.  MY MOTHER IS AWESOME AND I HOPE SHE HAS A WONDERFULLY BLESSED DAY.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA!

PROVERBS 23:25  MAY SHE WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH BE HAPPY
PROVERBS 31:28  HER CHILDREN STAND AND BLESS HER.  HER HUSBAND PRAISES HER

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