O Heavenly Father, the One from whom every good and perfect gift comes down, thank You for the gift of our mothers. For the one who conceived, delivered and raised us – sometimes against all odds. They did it through Your strength and grace alone. Lord thank You for hearing their cries and groans through pregnancy and childbirth, for giving them songs in the night as they nurtured infants, wisdom and endurance as they filled roles of wife and mother-and sometimes parenting in the absence of fathers-and honoring their faith as they give their adult children back to You. Give us Lord the words of encouragement, love, affirmation and honor to the ones you’ve given to show us the first example of Your love for us all. Show Your presence in their struggle, and Your favor in their triumph. O Lord, bless all mothers this day - present as well as mothers-to-be in Jesus’ name, Amen.
"Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 'Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all'."
Proverbs 31:28-29 (ESV)
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