Mother
Posted by: tckeller <tckeller@...>
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everthing
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 perfection of my child.
As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but
the greatest of all is love.
--Author Unknown