Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys. Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves, and is responsive. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood.
Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart.
Before I became a mother I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a mother, there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love. When you thought I wasn t looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn t looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.