Of Mother's Love

 For all of our moms and mom-figures

Mother's Day Blessing

💝

It’s bottomless, no matter what

Though time weathers its trove

And plays havoc with touch and such

Never a mother’s love

Each child is a piece of her heart

While time spins clocks and wheels

And change insists upon the art

That fills echo-kissed reels

A mother’s love withstands the tug

That draws the child elsewhere

She learns to turn the tender hug

Into far-reaching prayer

From babe’s first cry till final sigh

Her labour-pains abound

To keen love’s bottomless supply

Each mother’s common ground

Where much is beyond her control

In this world’s fickle glove

And decays as time take its toll

Never a mother’s love

From fair-faced youth to age-old years

As seasons are exiled

God pours His love through smiles and tears

Of mother’s love for child

Whether a babe of cherub charms

Or marked by wear and tear

A child cannot outgrow the arms

Of mother’s love and care

Then, while you can, Child, treat her kind

For nothing else compares

No matter what treasures we bind

With mother’s love and prayers

© Janet Martin

Numbers 6:24-26 -

 The Lord bless you and keep you;

 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; 

the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.