PROVERBS 10:12
For years I have had problems with my mother. I used to write terrible things about her in my journals, things that now I severely regret and have a hard time forgiving myself for. Then one day she read those things and confronted me about them with rivers of tears flowing down her face. I had broken her heart. I had done the one thing that no child should do to a parent who loves her as much as mine does: I had kept horrific accusations and lies about her to myself and had grown to dislike her, but I had never asked her about those things or confronted her. These have been three of the most heart-breaking and painful years of my life; but one thing has not changed between her and me, even though we’ve had some pretty harsh words with each other: We never stopped loving each other—and with God’s blessing we never will. I know for a fact that my mother loves me more than her own life; she’s said that more than a hundred times. But until now, I’ve never actually taken those few words to heart. Ever since she read my journals we’ve had a better connection. Love covers all our sins. And I am very thankful that my mother’s love for me—and my love for her—is more powerful than the terrible things I wrote about her.
Pamela K. Locke, 15, Walnut Grove Christian Preparatory School, Noblesville, IN
Your love is amazing, Lord!
It is so strong, so unstoppable that nothing
I can do will drive You away!