Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gift of life, and for the privilege of being part of the mystery of its creation. We thank You for the mothers who conceived, bore, and nursed us; who dressed, fed, and worried about us. May they be blessed with the knowledge that what they did, they did not only for us, but on Your behalf; being the hands, arms, hearts of God bringing blessings to His little ones.
Lord, we also ask Your special blessings on those women who for any reason do not have children. For all those who desired children but could not have them, or those who lost children through miscarriage, abortion, adoption, or death. May Your comfort and love be real on this most difficult day.
And finally, Father, may Your blessings be on the little ones who will be mothers in the future. May they find godly, loving husbands; may they delight in life and marriage, and may the Holy Spirit protect them in an uncertain world where mothers and their love will be more important than ever. Amen.
