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A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS TOOK PLACE AT CHURCH TODAY.
FIRST THE OLDEST MOTHER WAS HONORED;IN WHICH WAS AN EIGHTY-SIX YEAR OLD; FOLLOWED BY THE MOTHER WHO BROUGHT INTO THIS WORLD SEVEN CHILDREN, IN WHICH SHE HAD THE GREATEST NUMBER OUT OF THE WHOLE CONGREGATION. IT IS ALWAYS A VERY TOUCHING AND HEART FELT EVENT THAT IS NEVER FORGOTTEN. BOUQUETS ARE GIVEN OUT, AND SPECIAL EVENTS FOLLOW WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BROUGHT IN TO FILL THE HEARTS OF ALL WITH SONG AND PRAISE. THAT’S MY FAVORITE PART.
MY SON, WHO IS AT THE VERY CHALLANGING AGE OF SEVENTEEN; LIKE MOST KIDS HIS AGE, HE HAS A LOT OF DREAMS. HE HAS FINALLY STARTED TO SHARE SOME OF THEM IN JUST THE LAST YEAR OR MORE. THE SERIOUS ONES THAT HAVE DEPTH TO THEM AND WORLD CHANGING VISIONS WHICH WHEN PUT INTO AFFECT AT THE RIGHT TIME COULD BRING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD FOR OTHERS. WHEN THEY START TO SHARE THEIR HEART WITH YOU, THAT BOND BECOMES SO STRONG NOTHING COULD BREAK IT.
THE REWARDS OF MOTHERHOOD ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER I HAVE EVER KNOWN; THAT YOUR CHILDREN BE MADE AWARE THAT THEY ARE SPECIAL, AND THAT GOD HAS AN AWESOME PURPOSE FOR THEM IS ONE OF YOUR GREATEST HEARTS DESIRE.
FOR ME MOTHERS DAY, AS WITH MANY OTHER HOLIDAYS, HAS OFTEN BEEN A TIME OF EMPTINESS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE;THOUGH FINDING JOY IN OTHER PEOPLES LIVES, AND HELPING THEM TO OBTAIN IT IS VERY MUCH A PART OF MY DESIRE. SO WHEN IT IS TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, OR SPECIAL OCCASIONS, I WATCH, AND LISTEN WITH MY HEART AND BECOME ENGULFED IN THEIR ENTHUSIASM OR JUST PLAIN HAPPINESS. I DID NOT EXPECT THE WONDERFUL
SURPRISE WHEN I GOT HOME THAT DAY.
IT WASN’T LIKE THE HOUSE WAS DECORATED ALL UP AND TONS OF PEOPLE WERE THERE TO WELCOME ME; NOR
DID I GET ASKED TO GIVE ANY BIG SPEECH AT CHILDRENS
CHURCH. IT WAS GREATER THAN ANY OF THAT.
WHEN WE CAME HOME, I SAW THE LIGHT ON THE ANSWERING MACHINE BLINKING. EARLIER I HAD MENT-
IONED TO MY HUSBAND OF SOME OF THE CALLS THAT WERE NEEDED TO BE MADE WHEN WE GOT THERE. SO WHEN I SAW THE ANSWERING MACHINE LIGHT BLINKING, I KNEW MOM HAD CALLED, ALONG WITH MAYBE SOME OTHER MOMS I KNEW.
WHEN I HIT THE BUTTON, THE FIRST MESSAGE WAS MY
MOTHERS. SHE IS AN AWESOME LADY.
LAST YEAR, I WENT UP TO N.Y. WHERE SHE LIVES, AND
STAYED WITH HER FOR FIVE WEEKS. SHE HAD SOME SER-
IOUS SURGERY, AND THE KIDS AND I WANTED TO BE THERE. IT WAS A VERY CHALLANGING, YET WONDERFUL
TIME. SHE PULLED THROUGH AS WE ALL KNEW SHE WOULD. HER DETERMINATION IS UNMATCHABLE. I HOPE I
HAVE THE SAME QUALITIES WHEN I REACH HER AGE. HER
AND I HAVE GROWN CLOSER OVER THE YEARS, AND SHE
WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST MOM ANYONE COULD EVER WISH TO HAVE.
SO, I LISTENED TO HER MESSAGE AND PROCEEDED TO HIT THE NEXT ONE.
I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE EMOTIONS THAT WELLED UP ON THE INSIDE OF ME WHEN I HEARD MY SON’S VOICE. “HI MOM. JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU HAPPY MOTHERS DAY. MAYBE WHEN YOU GET HOME LATER WE CAN… TALK. LOVE YOU..SEE YA…” MY PRAYERS FOR ALL THESE YEARS TO KEEP HIS HEART PURE, AND NOT TO LET IT RETAIN ANY ANGER, RESENTMENT, BITTERNESS, OR UNFORGIVENESS HAS STARTED TO PAY OFF.
THERE WAS SO MUCH JOY, PRIDE,(THE GOOD KIND), LOVE, AND A HOST OF OTHER EMOTIONS RISING UP INSIDE OF ME. FOR THIS SON; WHO SEEMS TO GROW CLOSER TO ME EACH PASSING DAY, AND I TO HIM ; CALLED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME EVER ON A MOTHERS DAY.
SO, IF YOU’RE A MOM AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN THAT MAY SEEM FAR AWAY FROM YOU; DON’T GIVE UP THOSE PRAYERS. THEY WILL SURELY COME BACK, AND THEY WILL RISE UP AND HONOR YOU AND CALL YOU BLESSED, AS IT WAS FOR THE HEART OF THIS MOTHER TOO.
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