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I have a story of a Mother in the Bible that I want to share with you along with a Free idea for an e-card and an Anita Renfroe Mother Marathon.

I also want to wish my awesome Mom a Happy and Blessed Mother's Day!

A great gift idea for your Mother on Mother's Day is to give her a book entitled, "Women of the Bible". My Mother and I have been having daily devotions with this book and the book has been very good and the time spent with my Mom has been awesome. Even if you don't get to see your Mom everyday, get her a copy and yourself a copy then do the book study over the phone.

One of the stories we read is from II Samuel 21 about a woman named Rizpah. If you think you know what a Mother's love is, just read this story and you will really understand a Mother's love. After her two sons had been killed, she took sackcloth and laid it on a rock near her son's bodies and stayed there to scare away the birds by day that would try to come and peck at their flesh and the animals that would try to drag their bodies away at night. Wow, that is some major Mother love but did this last a day, a week, a month. The Bible says that the executions of her son's took place at the beginning of the Barley season and she sat with them until the rain poured down, which would be from mid-April to early October so, that is about 6 months. She sat there until King David heard of her and her dedication and ordered that her sons be buried.
Some may have had or have a Mother like Rizpah but some may not be able to say that their Mother has the love and dedication that Rizpah had. For those who have a Mother like Rizpah be grateful and honor her and for those who may not have a Mother like Rizpah, love her anyway, build a bridge this Mother's Day and when you make that first step and pray for God to mend any broken relationship, trust that when you do your part, he will do His! God loves us all so much and will be all you need Him top be so, if you do not have your Mother with you on this Mother's Day, just let Him love you for He is your Mother, your Father, your everything!

OK... Now I have a few little fun things: First I wanted to share with you a new E-Card with Francesca Battistelli's latest hit, " THIS IS THE STUFF" send it to your Mom's e-mail as part of her Mother's Day celebration.