lthough we’re a little late due to a Motherhood issue of our own, please allow us to welcome you to the May issue of JournEzine! While you've been waiting, Jan has been waiting for her newest grandchild to arrive. Hopefully by the time we post this issue, Ethan Jaymes will have arrived safely and be snuggling in his Nana's anxious arms.
As mothers, Jan and Jeanice happen to be a bit sentimental about this particular issue. And, you can imagine why since they both have large families and are well-acquainted with the joys and challenges of motherhood.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to browse this month’s articles. Our prayer is that you’ll find one or more that will speak into your life and minister strength, encouragement, and faith to you.
With some new authors to introduce to you this month, you'll be inspired by the stories told by unfamiliar names. And, of course, there are wonderfully heart-warming stories from some familiar authors. You are bound to find a story or two that will take you from laughter to tears. What a delight it has been to put this issue of JournEzine together for you.
So, share this issue with your mother, your daughter, your mother-in-law, and your friends who will be blessed as they identify with the age-old calling of Motherhood.
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Lessons Learned from Gloria
Laura Shaw
Not long after marriage and having her first baby, her whole life was turned tragically upside down because of a missed stoplight.
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I Only Wanted a Break
Helen Dowd
I had no sooner dozed off when the six school-aged children burst in from school, all tumbling over each other, trying to be the first to tell me about their day.
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Lord, Correct Me!
Lisa Pennings
As a spoiled child, I demanded that He give me what I requested of Him. I thought my way was best, and I wished to live my life according to my own plans.
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Whistling To the Lord
A True Story by Yvonne Blake
The real Grammy and her abundance of knowledge and wisdom were locked away in a mind that became fuzzier each day… except for one part. God left one part intact, the part that could still praise His Name…the part that still worshiped Him.
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Mother’s Knights in Shining Armor
Marilyn Schnepp
To the Census Bureau she was just a statistic, and to the World an unknown "nobody" - but to my brother and me, she had the most revered and noble name on planet Earth..."Mother"!
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Who Will Heed Her Woes
Peter Stone
The forlorn sobbing of a girl in her late teens seemed out of place in a street bustling with midday activities. Seeing that no one heeded her woes, I sat beside her. “What troubles you, child?”
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An Ordinary Hero
Ann FitzHenry
Dear Mom, what are you doing here? You seem to have a knack for showing up in the most unusual places.
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Sitting At Grandma’s Feet
Preacher Johnson
Grandma kept a garden of flowers which, to this child, seemed to stretch beyond the borders of West Virginia; bright yellows, reds, blues, God’s colors, the vividness of flowers.
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My Son
Donna Emery
I believe in the power of a mother’s prayer; just the same as anyone else. Yet, no one was more amazed than I when my son came walking through our door this morning.
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A Military Mom
Lucy Cain
What does a military mom look like? What makes her special and fair? It’s the way she looks at the grand old flag Or the soldier in uniform over there.
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Two Pink Lines
Jan Ross
A satirical look at a Mommy during nine most special months of pregnant bliss. You won’t know whether to laugh or cry.
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The Calling
Lisa Pennings
The Lord laid on my heart in a new way, the needs of my family. I began to rise each morning, pleading with the Lord to show me the right way to reach the hearts of the children.
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A Love Affair
Nicole Wian
Everything changes. For all your preparation, anxiety, desires, excitement, you could not have come close to understanding what this would feel like.
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What Does Your Banner Read?
Sally Port
After many years-- many tears, many drunken days and nights, two miscarriages, and thirteen years of marriage, I was finally a mother. It was here.
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Apron Strings
Terri Tiffany
After completing four years of college, I assumed I knew everything I needed to know to live on my own. Popcorn parties at midnight and crackers coated with dried up peanut butter were the extent of my entertaining abilities.
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Remember Me
Terri Tiffany
I knew I could handle the marriage part as I had raised her to find a godly husband and move into her own home, but I was discovering I couldn’t handle the part where she kisses me goodbye and flies to the other side of the country to live.
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James Snyder
Something happens to a young woman when she becomes a mother. Up until that time she may be carefree and slightly careless, but when the "blessed event" occurs, a miracle takes place within the body and mind of that young woman.
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Jane Morin
In reality, it takes a great sense of humor and perseverance to be a good mother. After all, when the baby is born you learn the true meaning of a full-time job.
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Gospel for Asia
Raju and Prasela, a couple in Sikkim, India, stood by feeling helpless to do anything for their little boy. Sujin was seriously ill, and it pained them to watch him suffer.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read this month’s issue of JournEzine, an outreach of Heart of God International Ministries, Inc.
Contact information is included for many of our contributing authors; please feel free to give them feedback—writers THRIVE on it and grow from it as well. We encourage you to submit articles for future issues; submission guidelines and topics for future issues are found under the “Submissions” tab at the top of the page. We’d love to include your thoughts, experiences, and testimonies as we continue our “journey” through this life as “one” in the Lord Jesus Christ.
God bless you! May your life be filled with the blessings of God in every way … spiritually, emotionally, physically, relationally, and every way!
Jeanice McDade & Jan Ross
Heart of God International Ministries
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