Happy Mother's Day

Let me thank all of you wonderful mothers for the tremendous love, nurture, and care you give to your children. Your acts of selflessness, service, and sacrifice are to be commended. Your
family is truly blessed to have you, and we are indeed a blessed congregation because of the love you show to your family. It is my prayer that God will continue to bless your life in a special way for all that you do. It is also my hope that today your family will recognize in some special way all of the contributions you make to your family’s well being. In closing, allow me to share with you some quotes I have found concerning mothers:

“I remember my mother’s prayers, and they have alway followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
Abraham Lincoln

“Mother- that was the bank where we deposited all of our hurts and worries.”
T. Dewitt Talamage

“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men- from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosom.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes

“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.”
An Irish Proverb