Ivy Sue and You

Mother...

M.. is for the mouths you feed, without fail you plan meals and cook so diligently.

O.. is for others whom you always put before yourself.

T.. is the time spent sorting laundry and scrubbing floors ensuring a tidy home full of love and             care.

H .. is your hair, swept neatly behind your ears or up in a messy bun and how you always love to         have it brushed.

E.. is every moment thinking of your children both sleeping and awake, making sure they are safe         and their needs are met and their homework is signed.

R.. is for all the running, to games and practices and rehearsals and recitals and for groceries and             errands and all the other things.

    Mothers are fantastic, multitasking, loving creations of God. I thank God daily for my mother and pray I am half as good a mother as she is. Make sure to Thank God for your Mother each day, and while you're at it, thank her too for all she's done and all she does for you.

        Proverbs 31:10-31  "Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life. She finds wool and flax and busily spins it. She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar. She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls. She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard. She is energetic and strong, a hard worker. She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night. Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber. She extends a helping hand to the poor and opens her arms to the needy. She has no fear of winter for her household, for everyone has warm clothes. She makes her own bedspreads. She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns. Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders. She makes belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants. She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!” Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the LORD will be greatly praised. Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise."