The Labor of Your Love
by Danilo Stern-Sapad
A Mother's Day tribute weaving gratitude for a lifetime of quiet sacrifice — honoring the mother who answers every call, forgives every thoughtless moment, and whose voice becomes the one thing we carry everywhere. Includes a prayer that God's grace be poured out on her in return.
[Verse 1]
Mama, whether it’s the quiet morning light,
Or a phone call in the middle of the night,
You never make me feel like I’m asking too much,
Cause where there is love, nothing is ever too much.
[Verse 2]
From the earliest days, you nurtured us whole,
Poured your own breath into the shape of our souls.
And we could never pay you back, no, not in full,
For the toil of your hands, the labor of your love.
Through the long, long years, like a thread through the dark,
Stitching us together, leaving your mark.
[Chorus]
Oh Mama, you tended my heart, and you watched it grow,
Every good thing in me, Mama, started with you.
It’s grace, it’s grace, it’s grace poured out like rain,
You love me through the wonder and through the pain.
Mama, this song’s for you.
[Verse 3]
Forgive me the times I was thoughtless and proud,
The doors that I slammed, the words said too loud.
And forgive yourself too, for the nights you go thin,
For the worry, the wondering, the doubting within.
[Verse 4]
At dawn, when my soul has nowhere to go,
It’s your voice in my chest, the one thing I know.
The knower of my loss, the keeper of my joy,
You’ve been holding my heart since the very start.
[Chorus]
Oh Mama, you tended my heart, and you watched it grow,
Every good thing in me, Mama, started with you.
It’s grace, it’s grace, it’s grace poured out like rain,
You love me through the wonder and through the pain.
Mama, this song’s for you.
[Bridge]
O God, if You’re listening, hear me tonight,
Watch over my mother, surround her with light.
Reward her, sustain her, for all that she gives,
Bless every day, every moment she lives.
From my earliest days she has nurtured me so,
Pour Your grace upon her, more than she’ll ever know.
[Verse 5]
Mama, my everything, my first true home,
Wherever I wander, I’m never alone.
You’re there in the morning, you’re there in the song,
You’re the quiet voice telling me to carry on.
[Outro]
Forever grateful, forever true,
Mama, this song, this song’s for you.
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Copyright 2025 Danilo Stern-Sapad