Happy Mother’s Day! Here is a poem that I will use in my sermon this morning. What a great thought this is:

A MOTHER BUILDED A TEMPLE

A builder builded a temple,

He wrought it with grace and skill.

With pillars and stones and arches

All fashioned to work his will.

Men said as they saw its beauty,

It shall never know decay.

Great is thy skill, O builder,

Thy fame shall endure forever and shall never fade away.

A mother builded a temple

With loving and infinite care,

Planning each arch with patience,

Laying each stone with prayer,

None praised her unceasing efforts,

None knew of her wondrous plan,

For the temple the mother builded

Was unseen by the eyes of man.

Gone is the builder’s temple,

It’s crumbled into dust,

Low lies each stately pillar,

Now just consuming rust.

But the temple the mother builded

Will last while the ages roll,

For that beautiful unseen temple

Was a child’s immortal soul.

– Author unknown

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