there is no wonder........

I had to "bribe" for these...... only out $10, I have pictures,

she has a special gift!!!

A child.......a gift, a treasure, a reward! There is no wonder when one so precious is with us here for only a little while, the mother of the child feels the sorrow the most. I know not only by reality in my own heart but I know because the scriptures tell me why it is so. I read a verse this morning in I Kings 3 that explains it, v.24, "and the king said bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king." v.26, Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no way slay it. The word bowels means womb in this verse and the word yearned means intertwined. As I sat and pondered this, there is no wonder a mother feels a depth of sorrow over the death of a child verses another member of the family. The sorrow is so deep, it is so a part of her, the sorrow is and was literally attached to her womb and intertwined within that none other can ever feel or know except her. It explains why a mother grieves the rest of her life, but if she can embrace Truth she will grieve with hope for what lies ahead. I have seen tears in a mothers eye even after many, many, many years of the child being gone.Why would anyone ever think it would be "over?" So whether you child is alive as the mother in this verse or if your child has died, there is just something so deep within in our bowels that we yearn in sorrow or we yearn with joy as they go forward in their futures. I encourage any out there that still feel the depth, the weight, it will always be, because the scripture says that child was so intertwined within our womb and connected to us but if you seek, and put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, he will carry the weight for you and you can live with an anticipation of seeing your little child again. I hope that verse will encourage your heart as it did mine today!!!

I had some plans for dinner tonight......I don't mind change as long as I "know" in advance!! It was going to be a meat and potato kinda meal with garden veggies and top it off with a peach cobbler......but then a phone call changed it all.........baseball, some extra fellas for dinner.......so knowing how they dash in, barely sit down to eat and then they are outta here.....plan "b" is underway......quick burritos and our garden fresh salsa, but I am still going to make the peach cobbler......even if I have to enjoy it by myself!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ones I picked last night) Someday I think I might write a post on "your a mom to little kids but a maid to big kids!!" It would be a nice post of course....... but having older children is very interesting, exciting, fast, and "be ready!!!!"