When We Become a Mother...

Tonight an e-mail from Emily (our daughter, new mother) made me laugh and cry;
Motherhood a week old,

The love and labor of a new baby(some feeding challenges) overwhelming her with weariness, worry and wonder...

 and so begins her lifetime lesson of learning to lean on One greater while being astonished and replenished by love!

"my love for him is just so deep I want to take the best care of him that I can!"

Emily, his mother  (echoing the heart of all mothers)

Brantley James (one week old) (our grandson)
Photo credit: Brittany Ruppert (my niece)

When we become a mother we become laden with care

And love that loves much bigger than the labor that we bear

But we are not alone as we take on this untried grace

For God is our leaning post here in this learning place

When we become a mother we become mother for life

But God is ever-faithful through love’s tender joy and strife

For motherhood is something nothing can prepare us for

The fullness of its love and commitment like none before

When we become a mother we learn as we train and teach

To trust a loving Father who is always within reach

For while we laugh, cry, fret, pray, try harder, love deeper, oh,

We learn to lean upon the One that never lets us go

When we become a mother we begin to recognize

The love that often had no words but fell from earnest eyes

And we thank God for our mothers that love/loved us so

And learned to lean upon the One that never lets us go

When we become a mother we become laden with prayer

And love that loves much bigger than the labor of its care

…and we are not alone as we take on this daunting role

For God is like a leaning post for mother’s heart and soul

© Janet Martin