Saturday

“As holy people…

be sympathetic, kind, humble,

gentle, and patient.”

~Colossians 3:12 GWT~

Mrs. Pat Gill is doing well following her surgery. Pray for her as she has a follow-up appointment Monday.

Pray for all those involved with schools as the current year begins to come to a close. Pray for the seniors in high school and college as they plan for the next step of their lives. Thank God for teachers and staff who work with students all year.

Pray for Sunday School teachers as they finalize preparations for Bible study tomorrow, musicians as they prepare for worshil, and for pastors as they prepare the messages for tomorrow.

Pray for mothers. Thank God for them and all they do. May they be ladies like the one described in Proverbs 31. Pray children will love, honor, and value their mothers, grandmothers, and grandmothers on Mother’s Day and all year long.

Legacy

HER WRITING CAREER spanned three decades, from the mid-1960’s through the mid-1990’s…

She wrote 12 books and received 16 honorary doctorate degrees. But 3 years before she died of cancer in 1996, popular humorist Erma Bombeck told an ABC TV interviewer that no matter how many columns she had written, her legacy would be her three children. “If I did a bad job with them,” she said, “then everything else [I] do isn’t very important.”

Bombeck had riches and fame and the goodwill of millions of readers, but she realized that her top priority was taking care of her children.

Although no parent can be guaranteed that his or her child will turn out to be a godly model citizen, those of us who are parents must start with Erma’s attitude. Our motivation is to provide spiritually, physically, and emotionally for our children. They will be our legacy. This means introducing them to the Savior, providing spiritual guidance, praying for them, and encouraging them to find mentors who can guide them in godly living. Sometimes it’s a battle. Often it’s expensive in time and toil. But the value of a child overshadows it all (Dave Branon).

“Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

~Prov. 22:6; cf. Psm. 34:11-22; 3 John 1:4~

Keep loving, praying, and ministering.

Anna Lee