The sacrifices of a mother
What plans do you have for yourself? Goals? Has God placed a longing ... a desire in your heart? For many of us mothers, God has given us plenty of desires, goals and dreams. Desires goals and dreams that we, for now must put on hold. I remember my Pastor telling the story many times of his stay-at-home mother. She was a mother to eight children, they were poor, yet her desire was to travel the world. Her longing was finally fulfilled years later in her eighties. Her daughter married a man, Anthony Evans, who would go on to have a very successful ministry. But not only would his ministry flourish. Because of he and his wife's commitment to raising Godly children. Their children would grow up to be a success in their own right, needing to travel. Guess who traveled with them? Mother-in-law and grandma. In her eighties, Mother Cannings was reaping the benefits from her years of sacrificial service to her family. ...
