Lyrics to “Mother Nature” by B.A. Huffman:
“From the moment you were born, you were loved beyond compare.
You were cradled in a mothers’ arms, and trusted to her care.
She loved without condition and provided best she could.
She sheltered you with comfort and she taught you bad from good.
And with or without children of your own,
you can honor your mother if you pass her long along.
We all have a mother nature, a place within our self,
to nurture lovingkindness and nourish someone else.
We all have a mother nature, a love that has no end,
so share it with a neighbor, brother, sister, stranger, friend.
If you look around the world, there are families of all kind.
There are children with two fathers, there are mothers left behind.
But we all have love in common, to share with children, pets and friends.
Just use your mother nature, so the story never ends.
But with or without children of our own, we can honor our mothers if we pass their love along.”
Responsive Reading for May 8
“God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Gen. 1:27); “The man gave his wife the name ‘Eve,’ because she was the mother of all the living” (Gen. 2:20).
From the moment we were born, we were loved beyond compare. We were cradled in a mothers’ arms and trusted to her care. We all have a mother nature.
As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms, . . . as a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you . . . Your heart shall rejoice” (Is. 66:12-14).
A mother loves without condition and shelters with comfort. We all have a mother nature. So, with or without children of our own, we can honor our mothers if we pass her love along.
“I have stilled my soul, hushed it like a … child …. Like a … child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me” (Ps. 131:2).
We all have a mother nature, a place within our self, to nurture lovingkindness and nourish someone else.
“You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty… God will rescue you … shelter you … You shall not fear …” (Ps. 91: 1-5).
We all have a mother nature, a love that has no end, so share it with a neighbor, brother, sister, stranger, friend.