“This is my body, given up for you.” Jesus
A mother offers her body when she is open to life.
A mother offers her body when she carries her baby within her for nine months.
A mother offers her body when she suffers nausea/vomiting, back and belly pain, and a myriad of other discomforts while pregnant.
A mother offers her body when she denies herself certain things during pregnancy.
A mother offers her body while she goes through the pain of labor.
A mother offers her body while she goes through the dangers of giving birth.
A mother offers her body while she goes through the trauma of miscarriage or stillbirth.
A mother offers her body after the pain of recovery from birth or C-section.
A mother offers her body while nursing her baby.
A mother offers her body as she draws a motherless child to herself and adopts him as her own.
A mother offers her body as she spends sleepless nights rocking and comforting her little one.
A mother offers her body as she tends to a sick child, even though she knows she may get sick herself.
A mother offers her body as she gets on her knees in prayer for a wayward, hurting, ill, or suffering child.
A mother offers her body as her hands cook, clean, drive, wash, mend, comfort, love and give.