Today is Monday May 12, 2008

The May 2008 Church Bell is available in the members area.

From The Pastor's Desk

The month of May contains a very important day, Mother's Day. I recently came across a composition from an unknown author that teaches us a very important lesson about not only mothers but about ourselves. "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 the perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love."

The example of a mother's love can be an inspiration for all of us. In this, we can find a way to honor mothers, and also a way to instill within ourselves the kind of love that God wants in all of us. The caring enterprise of love should be at the root of everything we do as people whether we are someone's mother or not. Mother's Day is not only a day where we think about our Moms, it's also a time when we can think about the people God really calls us to be.

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