Happy Mother's Day

I think the best thing about Mother's Day is that it always happens on Sunday. Dr. Wilder's sermon this morning was wonderful. He talked about how it important it is for us to build a foundation for our children. My parents build an unbelievably strong foundation for me. Actually I have a strong foundation back as many generations as I know. I love you, mom.

The scripture for the sermon was from Paul's letter to the Corinthians. It is about the foundation he built for the church at Corinth, but as Dr. Wilder said, I think it also applies to families.

I am grateful for a wonderful husband and I pray that we together have built a strong foundation for our children that they will build on with gold and silver and costly stones rather than wood, or hay, or straw. And to my children, you are both so wonderful and have brought me such indescrible joy.

1 Cor. 3:10-15 - By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work. ¹⁴ If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

And here is my benediction for today - 3 John 1: 2-4
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. ³ It gave me great joy to have some believers come and testify to your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.