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08-12-2016, 07:26 PM
What a blessing it is to be a mother to God’s children. In a world that seems to sometimes be in a state of chaos and panic-it is refreshing to think on the gifts and blessings of God’s love. This is a poem from an old (1868) poetry book that was designed to be given to newly- weds. A mother's love is often lost in today's world - We should honor God's plan for marriage and children and family in these dark times. Now is the time to honor God’s ways and cherish his laws. Also I have posted Paul’s greeting from Ephesians 1 because we need to be strong in our faith and see the beauty of God’s predestination and eternal wisdom, mercy, and grace. God Bless you.
A Mother’s Love
By Herde r- XII The Opal – Printed in 1868
In Gems for the Bridal Ring compiled by Rev J.E. Rankin
Not because it is lovely does the mother
Love her child, but because it is a living
part of herself, the child of her heart, a frac-
tion of her own nature. Therefore do her en-
trails yearn over his wailings ; her heart beats
quicker at his joy; her blood flows more softly
through her veins, when the breast at which he
drinks knits him to her. It is only the corrupt-
ing forms of society which have power gradually
to make luxurious vice sweeter than the tender
cares and toils of maternal love.
Paul's Greeting – Ephesians 1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blessings
(Romans 8:28-34)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19And what isthe exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
A Mother’s Love
By Herde r- XII The Opal – Printed in 1868
In Gems for the Bridal Ring compiled by Rev J.E. Rankin
Not because it is lovely does the mother
Love her child, but because it is a living
part of herself, the child of her heart, a frac-
tion of her own nature. Therefore do her en-
trails yearn over his wailings ; her heart beats
quicker at his joy; her blood flows more softly
through her veins, when the breast at which he
drinks knits him to her. It is only the corrupt-
ing forms of society which have power gradually
to make luxurious vice sweeter than the tender
cares and toils of maternal love.
Paul's Greeting – Ephesians 1
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Spiritual Blessings
(Romans 8:28-34)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 13In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Wisdom
15Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19And what isthe exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.