Friday, May 6th, 2011
The beauty of my mother
It’s true that “All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field” (Isaiah 40:6). But still, God does create beauty for us to enjoy short-term. Sometimes short-term is quite a few years.
This week, I’ve been organizing some old photos of my mother from the years before I knew her.
Of course, there’s a beauty that’s much deeper than what a photo can show. “Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised” (Proverbs 31:30).
Thank you, Lord, for a mother who fears the Lord.
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O precious legacy!
Amen.
Dear Noel,
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos. I see you in the first one!! How wonderful to still have your mother with you. Happy Mother’s Day!
Great photos of a beautiful woman indeed! Happy Mother’s Day Noelle!
Dear Noel,
It was wonderful to see the pictures of your mother this morning. It brought back a couple of memories I have of her . . . watching many little children at Lake Nokomis while a group of “would-be” runners did our lap around the lake. Denny and I were the recipients of her hospitality in Barnesville while visiting Mike and Pam, and I still can picture her sitting and reading her Bible when we arose each morning.
She is a special lady, and raised a special daughter that we have had the privilege of knowing for 31 years.
Happy Mother’s Day, Noel!
Lovely post – Lovely Mother! Glad that I got to meet her.
I am an old friend of one of your sisters, Christa, and I know the sister older than and younger than her. I am struck by the resemblance of your Mother in the sister who shares your Mother’s name!
She looks like a wonderful woman. God bless you both, Happy Mother’s Day.
I thank God for your Mother too….thanks for sharing the photos. You are a good daughter and Mother too dear friend.
What a lovely woman….mine is 93 1/2 and I am going to church with her today!
I hope that we would spare a thought for those who do not have mothers like you: the divorced mothers, the mothers who left their children, the mothers who killed their children, who took their own lives
Antony,
You are so, so right. I’m about 5 minutes away from posting what I’ve been working on for the last hour–remembering that Mothers Day isn’t a day of celebration for many people.
thank you for remembering.
I had read your post on “When Mother’s Day Isn’t A Celebration”
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” Rev 21:4
What a beautiful tribute!