We Salute Our Mothers
On this day, May 14, 2006, we commend all who are mothers here at Bethel, because they sacrifice and give so much of themselves to make their families happy. They are shaping the future of the next generation. Nod doubt at times they feel as if no one understands rigors of motherhood. Obviously, we men can never fully understand, but we see their efforts and we appreciate them. I prayerfully hope that the guest article below will help all of us to have a better appreciation of them and the important job they are doing.Carl
A Profile of a Mother
A mother appears to be a normal human being. She has all the physical features that all people have here-two eyes, two hands, two arms, two feet-all connected to one body.
Now, that is what you see if you just look at the exterior of a mother.
If you were ever a child, you will know that she has at least three sets of eyes-two in front, two in back, so that she can see all those things she must see but that are hidden from her, and one on each side of her head so she can protect the cookie jar, no matter where she stands in the kitchen. All are capable of seeing through wood and plaster so she can tell what is going on behind closed doors.
She has bionic ears. She can hear a dirty word whispered a block away. She can hear a complaint that is only thought when unpleasant tasks are assigned to her kids.
With her many arms and hands she can prepare a meal, find Dad's shirt, change a diaper, run the vacuum and spank two kids, all at the same time! With strong, fast legs, she can move about the house like a speeding bullet. She patrols the streets, stops a fight in the backyard, catches a tennis ball before it is flushed down the toilet, prevents a child from falling out of a tree, and moves all the toys out of the driveway before Dad comes home-all at the same time.
Here endless supply of energy can only be a God-given attribute. She is first to rise in the morning, has breakfast ready for the “brood” as they get up, gets each child ready for school, is both a barber and a beautician, fashion consultant, chairman, budget director, purchasing agent, paramedic, mechanic, veterinarian, interpreter, travel agent, interior decorator, and is last to bed at night.
With a tender kiss, she can heal everything from a cut finger to a broken heart. With her kiss, she can convince a balding 50 year old man that he is just as handsome as he ever was!
Her ability to love is exceeded only by God's love itself. He love grows with her children and it is impossible to tell the success or failure of her children by her love.
There is no depth to which a child can fall that will diminish her love and no height of success a child can achieve that will increase it. Her love is protective, tender, consistent, understanding, forgiving, unchanging, unselfish, giving, contagious, comfortable, and everlasting.
The nearest thing we can see in this world to God's love is a mothers love.
-Rex Burns
On this day, May 14, 2006, we commend all who are mothers here at Bethel, because they sacrifice and give so much of themselves to make their families happy. They are shaping the future of the next generation. Nod doubt at times they feel as if no one understands rigors of motherhood. Obviously, we men can never fully understand, but we see their efforts and we appreciate them. I prayerfully hope that the guest article below will help all of us to have a better appreciation of them and the important job they are doing.Carl
A Profile of a Mother
A mother appears to be a normal human being. She has all the physical features that all people have here-two eyes, two hands, two arms, two feet-all connected to one body.
Now, that is what you see if you just look at the exterior of a mother.
If you were ever a child, you will know that she has at least three sets of eyes-two in front, two in back, so that she can see all those things she must see but that are hidden from her, and one on each side of her head so she can protect the cookie jar, no matter where she stands in the kitchen. All are capable of seeing through wood and plaster so she can tell what is going on behind closed doors.
She has bionic ears. She can hear a dirty word whispered a block away. She can hear a complaint that is only thought when unpleasant tasks are assigned to her kids.
With her many arms and hands she can prepare a meal, find Dad's shirt, change a diaper, run the vacuum and spank two kids, all at the same time! With strong, fast legs, she can move about the house like a speeding bullet. She patrols the streets, stops a fight in the backyard, catches a tennis ball before it is flushed down the toilet, prevents a child from falling out of a tree, and moves all the toys out of the driveway before Dad comes home-all at the same time.
Here endless supply of energy can only be a God-given attribute. She is first to rise in the morning, has breakfast ready for the “brood” as they get up, gets each child ready for school, is both a barber and a beautician, fashion consultant, chairman, budget director, purchasing agent, paramedic, mechanic, veterinarian, interpreter, travel agent, interior decorator, and is last to bed at night.
With a tender kiss, she can heal everything from a cut finger to a broken heart. With her kiss, she can convince a balding 50 year old man that he is just as handsome as he ever was!
Her ability to love is exceeded only by God's love itself. He love grows with her children and it is impossible to tell the success or failure of her children by her love.
There is no depth to which a child can fall that will diminish her love and no height of success a child can achieve that will increase it. Her love is protective, tender, consistent, understanding, forgiving, unchanging, unselfish, giving, contagious, comfortable, and everlasting.
The nearest thing we can see in this world to God's love is a mothers love.
-Rex Burns
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