OT: Mother's cheer (and Fathers too)

[Guest guest]

My sister in-law thought of cheering me up with this.

Since there is lots of poetry around here and in all of us, and we all

need some of this from time to time, I thought I'd try to cheer y'all up too.

Too bad this is not mine )

Cristina-WA

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If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but

have not love, I am a housekeeper - not a homemaker.

If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,

but have not love, my children learn cleanliness - not godliness.

Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.

Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.

Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

Love is present through the trials.

Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.

Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then

stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.

Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.

Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I

must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for this-My landlors almost had a fit abut why my apartment ws not as

clean as he thought it should be not to long ago-I think I will print this

and slip it in with my rent-beautifull poem. LIsa

OT: Mother's cheer (and Fathers too)

> My sister in-law thought of cheering me up with this.

> Since there is lots of poetry around here and in all of us, and we

all

> need some of this from time to time, I thought I'd try to cheer y'all up

too.

> Too bad this is not mine )

>

> Cristina-WA

>

> **

> If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but

> have not love, I am a housekeeper - not a homemaker.

>

> If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,

> but have not love, my children learn cleanliness - not godliness.

>

> Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.

> Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

> Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.

> Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

>

> Love is present through the trials.

> Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.

> Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child,

then

> stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

> Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.

>

> Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.

> Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I

> must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.

> **

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank You!!!

OT: Mother's cheer (and Fathers too)

> My sister in-law thought of cheering me up with this.

> Since there is lots of poetry around here and in all of us, and we

all

> need some of this from time to time, I thought I'd try to cheer y'all up

too.

> Too bad this is not mine )

>

> Cristina-WA

>

> **

> If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but

> have not love, I am a housekeeper - not a homemaker.

>

> If I have time for waxing, polishing, and decorative achievements,

> but have not love, my children learn cleanliness - not godliness.

>

> Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.

> Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.

> Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.

> Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.

>

> Love is present through the trials.

> Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive.

> Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child,

then

> stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.

> Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.

>

> Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection.

> Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I

> must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.

> **

>

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