The Gordonsville Herald

Volume XXXVVVII, Issue 5                                                                                                              May 1, 2023

 

 

 

“SO GOD MADE A MOTHER”

 

At the dawn of time, God needed someone He could trust to love His precious children.

And so, God made a mother.

 

God said, “Life will often be harsh. I need someone with a gentle touch. Someone who can brush a tear from the downy cheek of a newborn and gauge a child’s temperature without the aid of a thermometer. I need someone who has a special knack for soothing, who can kiss away pain and soften blows. Someone who will hold her child’s hand firmly, until she has to release it, tearfully, on the first day of school.”

And so, God made a mother.

 

“I need someone who will care enough to gather daffodils and put them in a vase, so everyone in the house can enjoy the first blooms of spring. Someone who will care enough to rummage through the mismatched sock pile, in hopes of finding a match. Someone who will make birthdays extra special, sing silly songs with her toddlers in the car, and who actually wants to go on a school field trip to the insect museum, just to be close to her child.” God thought, “I need someone who will play Christmas carols on the piano. Someone who will decorate gingerbread houses with the kids and wrap gifts and deck the halls for Christmas, for nothing inall my creation willbe able to make Christmas as special as a mother will.”  

And so, God made a mother.

 

“I’ll make someone who can gather a chaotic, busy family around the dinner table for chicken soup, cornbread, and sharing life together. Someone who will organize playdates, piano lessons, and the pantry. I need someone who can find the lost football cleat, Dad’s keys, and ‘Bun-Bun,’ her little girl’s favorite stuffed bunny. I need someone who can unload the dishwasher, pack lunches, call out spelling words, and make coffee, while bouncing a baby on her hip. Someone who will carry an amazing array of toys, snacks, and essentials in her heavy purse, and never complain. I need someone to help with endless school projects, organize the football banquet, and say, ‘I’m so proud of you,’ even when her child fails.  It must be someone who is willing to keep going, even when she thinks she has no strength left. Someone who’ll strive to love her kids and to love their father even more. I need someone who’s willing to work the second-shift, or takebunny. I need someone who can unload the dishwasher, pack lunches, call out spelling words, and make coffee, while bouncing a baby on her hip. Someone who will carry an amazing array of toys, snacks, and essentials in her heavy purse, and never complain. I need someone to help with endless school projects, organize the football banquet, and say, ‘I’m so proud of you,’ even when her child fails.  It must be someone who is willing to keep going, even when she thinks she has no strength left. Someone who’ll strive to love her kids and to love their father even more. I need someone who’s willing to work the second-shift, or take second-best, or play second-fiddle, so her family will have it better than she did.”

And so, God made a mother.

 

“I need someone who believes. Someone who will trust that I have a good plan for her and for her children, even when she can’t see it. Someone who will pray for her family daily, for sadly, few people will. I need someone who will share my words and encourage her children to believe in Me because I am the source oflife.”  God said, “I’ll place a second pair of eyes in the back of a mother’s head, give her bionic ears, and grant her a generous portion of laughter and tears, for she will need them.  Sometimes she’ll feel like she doesn’t have what it takes. There will be days when she is overcome with worry, pain, or failure. But when the need arises, she’ll be there. And while motherhood will be difficult, she’ll come to embrace it with all of her heart.  Yes, this is exactly what I need. To put it simply, I need someone who will love my children like . . . well, kind of like I do,” God laughed. “So, I’ll give each mother a heart the size of Texas, and if she’ll let me, I’ll fill it with my special, forever-kind of love. A love that resembles my own.  Once I put a precious baby in her arms, she will never be the same. One day her children will grow up and move on, but she never will.  As long as she lives, she will fight for her children, pray for them, and sacrifice for them.”

And so, God made a mother

 

(Note: Written by May Patterson and was published in Crosswalk.com—a Christian website.  This poem was inspired by Paul Harvey's “So God Made a Farmer.”)

 

 

CLERK'S CORNER

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PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR and plan to attend the next Church Business Meeting on

May 10, 2023 at 7 PM (1^st Floor SS Classroom).

 

 

YOUTH / CHILDREN UPDATE

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22 NKJV)