“My soul, bless the LORD, and do not forget all his benefits.” (Psalm 103:2)
Your prayers were innumerable; you asked for countless mercies, and they have all been given. Only look at yourself: are not you adorned and bejeweled with mercies as thickly as the sky with stars?
Think how you have prayed for your family. When you first knew the Lord, your husband feared him not; but how you wrestled for your husband’s soul! And now the tear is in your eye while you see your husband sitting by your side in the house of God, and recollect, it is not many months ago since he would have been in the tavern. Your children too have through your prayers been brought to God. Mothers, you wrestled with God that your children might be God’s children, and you have lived to see them converted. How great the mercy to see our offspring called in early youth. Oh, love the Lord, because in this respect too he has heard your voice and your supplication.
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