Pause for Prayer: SUNDAY 5/14

I wrote this prayer 7 years ago but would like to share it with you again on this Mothers Day...

I was grocery shopping, Lord, 

    and thought to buy some flowers
    for my prayer room 

    when I saw this African violet 

which put me in mind 

    of my mother's beautiful plants

    on windowsills all 'round our home

which put me in mind
    of her care for them
which put me in mind

    of how faithfully,

    lovingly, gently

    my mother cared 

    for me...

So I bought that African violet, Lord,

    at $3.49, neither costly nor rare

    but dear to me for the memories 

    sweet, soft and alive 

    in those delicate, violet blooms...

Help me care for this beautiful plant, Lord,

as my mother cared for me:

    faithfully, tenderly, gently,

    day by day by day,
and help me care for others

    with the care she tendered me...
 

Waken more memories like this one, Lord,

to touch, heal and refresh my heart:
    memories that bring me to you in prayer

    and put me in mind of my blessings
    - may I never forget even one...

Amen.

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