Celebrating Susanna Wesley (20 January 1669 – 23 July 1742)
Through much adversity, including a rocky marriage and constant financial struggles, Susanna persevered in her calling as a mother. Susanna Wesley was a woman her husband called the best of mothers. She was as pretty and captivating on the outside as she was in her heart. She was committed to caring for her family the best possible.
During her final illness, she said: “Children, as soon as I am released, sing a Psalm of praise to God.” She went to be with the Lord on 23rd July 1742, and I celebrate her today 🙂. . . At a funeral service in 1742, two men remembered as giants of the faith stood beside their mother’s grave. John Wesley conducted the services; his brother Charles wrote the epitaph for the tombstone. In part, it read:
"A Christian here her flesh laid down,
the cross exchanging for a crown.
True daughter of affliction, she,
inured to pain and misery…"
Salutes to a true mother of faith!
Selah.
Facebook post: 23rd July 2015
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