Mother's Day!

I actually have never read tonight's devotional passage before, even though I've heard of the Proverbs 31 woman (mentioned in an earlier post here, even). I love how she is described; it wasn't as sexist-sounding as I thought it would.

Mother's Day has always caused a bit of a stir in my family. At my old church, the youth group was in charge of preparing the mothers' gifts with a budget of only $90 (that's about $1.50-$2 per mother). Mind you, it was hard to find anything of good quality for that price! And people mostly resorted to some very sexist things. One year, they gave the mothers dish washing soap ... Are you kidding me? Meanwhile, fathers get socks or ties. Really, church. Is this the best you can do? x: A visiting pastor came by our house today and gave my mom a gift from a different church where he preached .. The gift was a towel O_O; So weird! Also, one year my old pastor preached that stay-at-home moms were better than working moms. He claimed that by staying at home, mothers can form a stronger bond with their children. Are you kidding me? I completely disagree with that. All the evidence I've seen points the opposite direction! I think kids would get tired of their mothers always being around. But anyways, I never had my mom stay at home so I can't attest to that (though I have a great example of a mother-daughter duo!). I thought that was a horrible thing to preach. My mother and some other mothers who work got so upset over that. And rightly so! I hope I'm not the only one offended by all these things!

Anyways, this wasn't meant to be a post bashing my old church. I love my mother so much and wouldn't trade her for anything else in this world. She taught me how to be polite, to exhibit proper manners, how to live according to God's will .. I think my life would be so much different (worse, of course) if I didn't have my mom in my life. I just wish I could do something better than buying her gifts to show her how much I appreciate her. She's not just my mom, but she's also my best friend who will listen to and advise me on anything I ask her about. I really thanked God tonight in prayer for her. I hope that I can one day be even half as great of a mom as she is!