Moms.

"Though a mother stays home and keeps her house clean, it is still not a home unless she creates the right spirit in the house. It is the atmosphere created primarily by the mother that makes the home worthwhile."

-J. R. Bookhoff

"The common fallacy among women is that simply having children makes one a mother--which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician."

-Sydney Harris

"The greatest lessons I ever learned were at my mother's knees."

-Abraham Lincoln

"No one is poor who had a godly mother."

-Abraham Lincoln

"A godly mother will point her children to God by the force of her example as much as by the power of her words."

-Anonymous

"Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her."

-Proverbs 31:28 NLT

"Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her."

-Proverbs 31:28 NKJV

Somewhere between the youthful energy of a teenager and the golden years of a woman's life, there lives a marvelous, miracle-working, and loving person known as "Mother."

A mother is a curious mixture of patience, kindness, understanding, discipline, industriousness, purity, grace, mercy, and love.

A mother can be at one and the same time, both "lovelorn counselor" to a heartsick daughter, "head football coach" to an athletic son, and "lead architect" with a six-year old and a pile of Legos.

A mother can sew the tiniest stitch in the material for that dainty prom dress and she is equally experienced in threading through the heaviest traffic with a mini-van or SUV.

A mother is the only creature on earth who can cry when she's happy, laugh when she's heartbroken, encourage when she's discouraged, and work when she's sick.

A mother is as gentle as a lamb and as strong as a lion. Only a mother can appear so weak and helpless and yet be so tough and protective.

A mother has the angelic voice of a member of the celestial choir as she sings lullabies to a baby held tightly in her arms; yet this same voice can be heard five blocks away when she calls her boys for supper.

A mother has the fascinating ability to be almost everywhere at once but she alone can somehow squeeze an enormous amount of living into the average day.

A mother can feed the bunny, clean the hamster cage, take care of a sick puppy and still clean the house, fill the gas tank, and cook supper all in the same day.

A mother can be saintly serious and strangely silly at the right time.

But there is no greater thrill in life, than to point to that wonderful woman and be able to say, "That's my Mom!"

-Fred Kruse (modified slightly).

Proverbs 31:10-31 outlines the characteristics of a godly woman. Verse 28 says, "Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her."

Mothers, it's worth it. It's worth it. It's worth every hour of it. It's worth it!

Husbands, let's not forget that! Verse 31a is for us, "Reward her for all she has done."

It's worth it!