CELEBRATING ALL MOTHERS TODAY ~ AND MOURNING WITH THOSE WHO MOURN

I want to honor all of the nurturing women on Mother's Day here in the U.S. (and around the world), including my own mother, as well as all those in the natural and in the spiritual, who nurture and care for those they love! Women of God - It is in your Divine makeup, as who God created you to be, to nurture, care for, and love those He has placed in your care!

For all of those who have mothered in any way, I honor you and I say, keep being the honorable, loving, and nurturing woman that you are. The world needs you. Your love is fierce, protective, and fights for those it loves...keep fighting Mothers, women of God! Keep fighting to raise up the next generations (in the spiritual & in the natural) in the fear and admonition of the Lord! #NurturingWomen #Mothers #Caregivers

YOU ARE WORLD CHANGERS!! Your job is not meaningless, less than, or unimportant even if the world doesn't appreciate it as it should. You have more impact on your families, and those around you in the world, than you know! The world and it's systems are trying to rewrite what a mother, and yes even a woman is - but you are who God created you to be, and nothing can change the impact you have! Strong, yet tender, hard yet soft, protective and fierce with your love. God made you as you are, to provide a caring, loving, comforting place for those you love, those He has placed in your care - and what you do makes a difference! #HappyMothersDay 💝💐

For the nurturing, caring women (those are mothering attributes even if you aren't an actual mother, and that is how God made women to be)...for those who help take care of the ones around you - I honor and celebrate you today. Keep pouring into those you love, whether biologically or spiritually - it is making a difference! You are strong, you are powerful - you can and will change the world!

Let me also say - Your Papa is proud of you today! You are Daughters of the King, made in His image, to purposefully demonstrate His caring and nurturing side to the world around you. He loves that about you, and He is proud of His daughters! 👑👸🏽

#DaughtersOfTheKing #DaddysGirls

FOR THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING...

I also want to let those who may be grieving this weekend know, that you are not forgotten, and He has caught all of your tears. Regardless of the reason that Mother's Day brings you pain or sorrow, I am sorry for your pain. I'm praying for you...May His Spirit comfort you as only He can! 💔💝 #MayHeComfortYou #Grief

I appreciate all of your prayers for Darin & I as well, as we navigate our own difficult journey of infertility and now trying to adopt. This year our desire to be parents has been so close...and yet still so far away. After over a decade, this year seems harder than most. ❤️‍🩹

I wanted to share from my heart today, and let you know, if you are walking through any type of pain regarding Mother's Day...I am sorry, and I do understand. Whether it is because you have already had your mother pass on into eternity, or never knew your mother, or were abandoned by a mother;

If you have struggled in your relationship with your mother, or if as a mother you have struggled in your relationship with a child;

If you have lost a child, miscarried a child(ren), or if you are like Darin and I, and have struggled with wanting a child and not being able to have one. You are seen today, and I am sorry for your pain. I know it is hard.

Your pain is real, and it is hard. But please know that the Lord sees your pain, and He wants to help you heal from it. You are not alone. You are seen and you are heard. Turn to Him in the midst of your heartache...He will embrace you and bottle every tear. He is with you in the sorrow and the pain. 🥲🙏🏻💝

Remember, He was and still is, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief". (Isaiah 53). He understands your pain. 🙏🏻💖

I'm praying for, and standing with all the nurturing "Mothers" today! May God richly bless you for all you pour out!

All for Him,

Amanda S. 💐