{"id":503,"date":"2025-10-17T05:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2025-10-17T05:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T05:53:50","slug":"mothers-count-your-days-your-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/17\/mothers-count-your-days-your-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers: Count Your Days & Your Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teach Us, Lord, to Count Our Days<\/p>

\"Fire<\/a><\/div>\n

by Susan Karsten<\/em><\/p>\n

As those interested in bygone societies, particularly Regency-era England, we can profit by comparing the circumstances of mothers.\u00a0 Are we appropriately thankful for the full cup of days<\/strong> most of us enjoy from our Lord in the 21st<\/sup>century?\"\"<\/p>\n

Life Expectancy<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 In the early 1800s, the life expectancy was around 40 years. Today, we can expect, Lord willing, 81 years (women), 77 years (men). One reason among several for this disparity is the high rate of infant mortality in the Regency.<\/p>\n

Infant Mortality<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0 As best as can be figured (since un-baptized babies weren\u2019t counted in the parish registers which are the source for most data of this nature), an estimated 15% of infants died before the age of one during the Regency era. The United States has a rate of .68% (early 2000s).<\/p>\n

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Sorrowing Couple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Being Thankful<\/strong><\/em>: The crushing blow of losing a child soon after carrying it for nine months is a sorrow for the ages. It is much easier to quantify the statistics than the grief. We mothers who are blessed with living children must give praise and thanks for God\u2019s mercy on us. We do not have the fearsome specter of early death hanging over us. Praise Him!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Psalm 90, a versification*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

O teach Thou us to count our days<\/p>\n

And set our hearts on wisdom\u2019s ways;<\/p>\n

Turn, Lord, to us in our distress,<\/p>\n

In pity now Thy servants bless;<\/p>\n

\u00a0Let mercy\u2019s dawn dispel our night,<\/p>\n

And all our day with joy be bright.<\/p>\n

O send the day of joy and light,<\/p>\n

For long haas been our sorrow’s night;<\/p>\n

Afflicted through the weary years,<\/p>\n

We wait until Thy help appears;<\/p>\n

With us and with our sons abide,<\/p>\n

In us let God be glorified,<\/p>\n

In us let God be glorified.<\/p>\n

So let there be on us bestowed<\/p>\n

The beauty of the Lord our God;<\/p>\n

The work accomplished by our hand<\/p>\n

Establish Thou, and make it stand;<\/p>\n

Yea, let our hopeful labor be<\/p>\n

Established evermore by Thee.<\/p>\n

*Blue Psalter Hymnal #174<\/p>\n

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Originally posted 2012-05-04 10:00:00. <\/small><\/p>

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