I have the world's most amazing mom. I do. She's phenomenal. I won't rise up and call her blessed, because that seems a bit self-important of me, but I will rise up and call her a blessing.
She has taught me almost everything I know, from what is and isn't correct grammar to how to cook the most mouth-watering cheese grits. She has always encouraged and challenged me to be independent, but is also always there to give me a quiet hint in the right direction.
In my atheist years, she once exclaimed in frustration, "I can't drag you, kicking and screaming, into the kingdom of heaven!" But I'm pretty sure she prayed me in (God's sovereignty never being in question, of course).
There are no words to express how much I owe and adore this woman. It is impossible for me to begin to display my gratitude to her. But the fact that we will spend eternity glorifying God together is as close to an adequate "thank you" as I can ever manage.
"The devil never reckons a man to be lost so long as he has a good mother alive. O woman, great is thy power!"
-Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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