{"id":3235,"date":"2024-05-10T05:22:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T05:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2024-05-05T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T22:23:48","slug":"mothers-love-and-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/mothers-love-and-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Love and Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Friday, May 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mother\u2019s Love and Sacrifice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. <\/em><strong>Proverbs 31:25-27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mother\u2019s Day is a special time to honor and reflect on the profound influence that mothers have in our lives. Their unique blend of love, sacrifice, and strength often serves as a tangible representation of God\u2019s love for us. Today, let\u2019s celebrate and give thanks for all mothers\u2014biological, adoptive, spiritual, and those who have stepped into mothering roles in any capacity.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Mother\u2019s Love<\/p>\n<p>In the quiet heart of every day,<\/p>\n<p>Through the noise and the fray,<\/p>\n<p>Stands a figure both stern and tender,<\/p>\n<p>With a love so deep, so warm, and splendor.<\/p>\n<p>Her hands, though wrinkled, soft, and sure,<\/p>\n<p>Guide with a touch so pure.<\/p>\n<p>Her words, a balm that heals the scars,<\/p>\n<p>Her laughter, light like the twinkling stars.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s the whisper in the bustling wind,<\/p>\n<p>The courage when we\u2019re pinned.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s the architect of our dearest dreams,<\/p>\n<p>The fortress at the seams.<\/p>\n<p>On this day, we sing her name,<\/p>\n<p>For a mother\u2019s love\u2014a ceaseless flame.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to you, our guiding light,<\/p>\n<p>In every hug, and kiss goodnight.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Mom, for the love you\u2019ve shown,<\/p>\n<p>For the kindness and strength you\u2019ve always known.<\/p>\n<p>On this Mother\u2019s Day, here\u2019s my vow,<\/p>\n<p>To honor you, then, now, and forever\u2014somehow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mother\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share this poem with the special mother or mother figure in your life to express your appreciation and love on Mother&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, May 10 Mother\u2019s Love and Sacrifice She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. Proverbs 31:25-27 Mother\u2019s Day is a special time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}