Lord, give me patience when wee hands
Tug at me with their small demands.
Give me gentle, smiling eyes,
Keep my lips from hasty replies.
Let not weariness, confusion, and noise
Obscure my vision of life's fleeting joys.
So when in the future my house is still,
No bitter memories its silence may fill.
~Author unknown
14 comments:
Joy, this is a lovely poem.
And as one who's house is now silent and still, I heartily agree with the sentiments of these words!
Thank you for sharing it :-)
blessings..Trish
What a beautiful prayer, thank you so much for sharing it with us this morning!
This is beautiful, Joy. I copied it off to save as it has so much truth and gentle and convicting reminder in it. Thank you so much for sharing it!
Amen!
Thank you Joy. This is exactly what I needed to read today. Bless you.
Oh Sweet Joy...what a beautiful prayer to post. It reminds me when my little ones were small.
~ Maria ~
I'm so happy this may have encouraged someone today! I saw this on another mother's refrigerator years ago while we were staying at their house, and it seemed like such a good reminder to me that I copied it down.
I hope your day is blessed!
♥Joy
Gonna be copying this, just to let you know:)
I need this gentle reminder...
DAILY:)
Oh, what a good prayer, Joy. LOVE this. I need this reminder, sometimes!
Blessings,
Mrs. Q
I need this, too! :)
Dear Joy,
Yes I have posted this one before too.
I have been praying it daily for some years. it is a wondeful reminder of how blessed we are to be mothers
God Bless
Gae
Gae,
It is such a nice prayer, isn't it? I was thankful to discover it on my friend's refrigerator years ago...we were both young mothers just starting out, and had lots of little ones between us. Motherhood is such a blessing. ♥
Sweet.
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