Recently, the Lord opened the door for me to share His
love with an entire family.
One day, God paired our eight-year-old son with another
child his age. We met the sweet boy just after he had moved into the trailer
park where we currently reside. Each day, the boy would come over and ask to
play with our son, Travis. As a result, I began spending many hours speaking
with the child's mother. At one point, the woman and I even began discussing
the possibility of working on a sewing project together. However, God soon
orchestrated that the mother would begin a full-time job.
Unexpectedly, the woman asked if I could provide
full-time care to her second child, a sweet little toddler who had just turned
3-years-old. I said "yes," and within one day, I was holding the
tender-hearted child in my arms.
I was surprised to discover that the father would be
picking up the small child each day. As a result, the father became the main
line of communication between the mother and me. Amazing! God had orchestrated
that I should love on an entire family.
As God would have
it, one day, I discovered a poem that spoke directly to my heart. Instantly, I
began to pray. "Lord, thank You for the changes You have made in me. Before
as a mother, I took glory in my house of perfection. Now, I glory in
God’s work of perfection in my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach
my child, but the greatest of all is Love. Amen."
If I live in a
house of spotless beauty
with everything in
its place, but have not Love,
I am a
housekeeper—not a homemaker.
If I have time for
waxing, polishing,
and decorative
achievements,
but have not Love,
my children learn
cleanliness—not godliness.
Love leaves the
dust in search of a child’s laugh.
Love smiles at the
tiny fingerprints
on a newly cleaned
window.
Love wipes away
the tears
before it wipes up
the spilled milk.
Love picks up the
child
before it picks up
the toys.
Love is present
through the trials.
Love reprimands,
reproves, and is responsive.
Love crawls with
the baby,
walks with the
toddler, runs with the child,
then stands aside
to let the youth walk into adulthood.
Love is the key
that opens salvation’s message
to a child’s
heart.
Before I became a
mother,
I took glory in my
house of perfection.
Now, I glory in
God’s work of perfection in my child.
As a mother, there
is much I must teach my child,
but the greatest
of all is Love.
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