On this Mother’s Day I want to say Thank You to God for my wonderful and incredible children. It has been God’s grace that allowed me to be their Mother. No one could have been so blessed as I. What incredible grace of God to allow me to watch and see the adults they have become, the parents that they are. I never deserved so much Joy; but, God reached forth with love and mercy to me. Christ willingly gave His life that I might find life in Him and then He gave me so much more. How could I ever praise Him enough?
Some Would Say I’m Lucky
by Effie Darlene Barba
Some would say I’m lucky
Some would say achieved
Yet, Lord I know the truth to be
It was an act of your pure grace
That Showered down on me
A little girl with doll in hand
You chose and called her name
To follow you, the life you planned
With glee, she quickly came
She dreamed of love, the perfect life
With children running round
White picket fence and never strife
Where joy it must abound
In eagerness she ran ahead
And could not see the peril
She wanted just to please, instead
She donned her guilt apparel
Amidst the dark and treacherous path
She feared God’s love had gone
Each trial seen, she thought was wrath
For all that she had done.
A ray of glorious hope shone down
As in her arms God laid each child
And on each child He placed His crown
God’s gift of love so gentle, mild
And then I looked back o’er the years
And realize it was God’s Grace
That lead me through so many tears
That I might see His face
I see my children fully grown
Their babies in their arms
I marvel at the grace you’ve shone
Their life displays your charms
My treasure Lord, in you I’ve found
My storms of heart you calm
Your gifts of grace o’erflowing round
Your precious saints that call me “MOM”
Some would say I’m lucky
Some would say achieved
Yet, Lord I know the truth to be
It was an act of your pure grace
That Showered down on me
© 2014 Effie Darlene Barba
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