Meant to be a Mother – Guideposts

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On Mother’s Day we celebrate all the miracles of motherhood.

 

But back in 1959, Peggy Rasmussen didn’t feel at all like celebrating. For Peggy, it was a reminder that she might never be a mother. She’d been praying and praying for a child, but it just didn’t seem like it was going to happen.

 

Then Peggy received a Mother’s Day message that spoke straight to her heart. Something that told her she was meant to be a mother after all.

 

My husband, Milton, and I were at church. So many happy families filled the pews, moms doting on their little kids. The pastor had just preached about motherhood and the blessings loving mothers bring. I had to fight back the tears. Milton and I had been trying to have a child for quite some time. We’d been married almost three years.  Back then, it was unusual not to have any children by age 25. In fact, all my friends had three or four already! I prayed every single night for a baby, but nothing was happening.

 

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