Mother's Day....Boy does Heavenly Father love me!

I find it amazing that on a day we remember mother's I felt like Heavenly Father was sending His only little moments to tell me how much he loves me.  I'm blessed to be a mother to three beautiful, smart, and kind girls.  They are not perfect, but neither is there mother.  Nonetheless, God still loves me and knows I'm doing the best with what I have at the moment.  I pray my children will overlook the imperfections and remember my love.

I'll try to describe the beautiful moment as best I can.....I woke up with the sunrise, which I LOVE to do and made my way down to the patio in the back. I sat smelling the beautiful petunias Spencer bought me and read the Bible about Moses instructing the children of Israel to "Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God"(Deuteronomy 8:11).  All I could think about what how blessed I was to be sitting on a beautiful day and learning about the blessings of following the Lord.

My family eventually woke up and I looked up to see Spencer's face.....

Who couldn't melt looking at that face?

 The girls came and brought me the gifts they made at school...they were great.

 They played follow the leader and giggled and laughed and brought me joy.

 We were able to go up to Spencer's parents house in evening and see the new Gibb girl and share in another mother's joy of being a mother the second time.  My sweet sister-in-law just came home from the hospital and we were glad to see her home.  She'd been through a lot and had earned her title of motherhood these last few weeks.

But it all comes down to this.....

It is in those sweet moments where you hold the gifts of heaven and remember how much Heavenly Father loves His children, so much He sent His son, even Jesus Christ to save our souls and redeem us from death.  Such mercy, such love! It is mercy and love that make it possible to continue each day as a mother. 

Happy Mother's Day!

I wrote a mother's day song in February....hope you enjoy it. 

A Sister, A Mother, A Friend

Words and Tune by Julie Gibb