A Mother's Love

Mother’s Perspective:

I threw up for eight and half months.
I cried and was an emotional basket case.
My bones ached from the inside out.
I did it all for you.

I gave up a good night’s sleep.
I fed and bathed you.
I dressed you beautifully.
I did it all for you.

I dried your tears and calmed your fears.
I kissed your hurts and smiled at your antics.
I loved you like no one else could.
I did it all for you.

Today, I asked myself if it was worth it.
One look at you sleeping peacefully,
Wrapped in my arms, I knew…
I would do it over and over,
I did it all for you.

Heavenly Father’s Perspective:

I placed you in your mother’s womb.
I knew what a blessing you would be.
I shaped you into my own image.
I did it all for you.

I knew that you would cause me pain,
But I still loved you like no one else could.
I have supplied your every need.
I did it all for you.

I dried your tears and calmed your fears.
I held you quietly in my arms when you were hurt.
I did it all for you.

Today, I asked myself if it was worth it.
One look at you sleeping peacefully,
Wrapped in my love, I knew…
I would do it over for eternity,
I did it all for you.

You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, the days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day. Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! God, I’ll never comprehend them!
~Psalm 139:15-17 MSG

I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
~Psalm 8:38-40 MSG

Copyright 2004 Michelle Rocker