Mothers Are Such A Blessing
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2 Timothy 1:5-when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.
Mother’s Day is a time of celebrating the blessing of our mothers. What a dark world it would be without the influence of loving mothers! This is especially seen by the ways that mothers have helped to shape some of the great leaders of our nation.
“HOW HAVE American presidents described their mothers? There is not a virtue that can abide in the human heart, but it was the ornament of hers. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness. ANDREW JACKSON She who nurtured us in our infancy … taught us to raise our little hands in prayer … such a mother is of priceless value. JOHN TYLER She was a most affectionate and tender mother. FRANKLIN PIERCE Under providence I attribute any little distinction which I may have acquired in this world to the blessings which He conferred on me by granting me such a mother. JAMES BUCHANAN All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. ABRAHAM LINCOLN I seem alone in the world without my mother. ULYSSES GRANT I can see the golden thread running through the whole-my mother’s influence on me. JAMES GARFIELD Do you know that if Mother were alive, I should feel much safer? I had always thought her prayers had much to do with my success. GROVER CLEVELAND By the blessings of Heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother. WILLIAM MCKINLEY A sweet, gracious, beautiful Southern woman, a delightful companion, and beloved by everybody. THEODORE ROOSEVELT I thank God to have had such a mother. WOODROW WILSON Dear, dear Mother will wear a crown. WARREN HARDING Whatever was grand and beautiful … attracted her. CALVIN COOLIDGE My recollections … are chiefly of a sweet-faced woman … who kept our little family together. HERBERT HOOVER Those of us who enjoy the companionship of our mothers beyond the average number ofyears are indeed fortunate. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT She was always a mother who did the right thing, and she taught us … that too. HARRY TRUMAN Mother was by far the greatest influence on our lives. DWIGHT EISENHOWER The glue that held our family together. JOHN KENNEDY She was quiet and shy, but she was the strongest person I ever knew. LYNDON JOHNSON My mother was a saint. RICHARD NIXON The most selfless woman I have ever known. GERALD FORD From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true. RONALD REAGAN She was the beacon of our family-the center. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH”. (Harold I. Gullan, Faith of Our Mothers: The Stories of Presidential Mothers From Mary Washington to Barbara Bush, 480-4493 (Kindle Edition); Grand Rapids, Michigan; William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company)
Mothers, thank you for all you do to make life rich and better.
Lord, thank You for the blessing of godly mothers. Please bless them, and help us to walk in their footsteps as they lead towards You. Amen.