Sunday, May 14, 2017

Earth Side: A Mother's Day Post

Mother’s Day

What a wonderfully placed day to remember mothers of all kinds…because a mother isn’t just one who gives or produces life – not in the least.  That’s the Lord’s undertaking, TO GIVE AND TAKE AWAY.  In the last {almost} five years, I have learned that for a mother, there is no suffering like being separated from her child in a permanent, everlasting kind of way.  That’s like being separated from one’s own heartbeat. 

Likewise, for families yearning for children which infertility seems to have stifled, I would suggest to you that these women and husbands who have empty arms which ache for their child…that these are as much parents, mothers and fathers to their unborn as you might be to your living.

Finally, I consider children on this day who have lost their mother…not children in the sense of age, but people of any age who live on without the one they called “mom.”  For these who have lost their moms and for moms who have lost their children, I pray for comfort, peace, and grace for you today.  There is nothing more bittersweet than this day for me – In memory of Parker and in the hope of the futures of the two little ones the Lord has lent to me for a time on this side of Heaven: Sawyer and Addison, the two children we have earth side here with us. 

Mother’s Day.  What a reminder for us all to remember and thank God above for the life of those around us, for life is but a vapor…gone oftentimes far too quickly for those still here on earth. 




Happiest of Mother's Day to you. 

To those who have lost your mother, may you find peace on Mother's Day.

To those who are or who have found family through adoption, may we celebrate with you!


To those who have empty arms and long for a baby, to those extended family too, may we be sensitive and walk alongside you. 


To all the mentors, sisters, and friends who give motherly and sound advice, demonstrate grace, and walk in a manner that is uplifting, thank you. 



To those who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, child loss, or adult child death, my thoughts and prayers are with you.



From the Fullness of His Grace,
Lacey












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