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By Faith Noles
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Preaching to thousands, Oh what a crowd!
His saintly old mama, kneeling by her bed,
Praying down heaven for her son Ned.
Ned was quite a problem when he was just a boy,
But mama kept on praying for her pride and joy.
Mama’s prayer sending angels, Ned knows not their arrival,
Or that his saintly mama is praying for revival.
Conviction draws a plenty as they walk down the aisle,
Ned thinks it’s by his wit and his million dollar smile.
Angels escort sinners to the altar grace,
While mama’s still praying as tears run down her face.
Jesus loves that dear old saint, Her knees gnarled and worn,
For she walked with Jesus before Ned was even born.
She’s lived a life that’s holy, Given everything she had,
To her precious Savior and to her only lad.
Mama has stopped praying for her faith has turned to sight.
And Ned realizes too late, He didn’t do her right.
Ned still has Jesus, thanks to mama’s prayers,
Yet he went through life conceited, putting on the airs.
But time has a way of robbing Ned’s million dollar smile,
The crowds no longer flock to him, fame lasted but a while.
Mama stands with Jesus, crowns adorned, blessed wreaths;
While Ned has hardly made it by the skin of his teeth.
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Interesting, I never knew my mom's parents not my dad's father as they had passed before I was born.
My dads mom, my grandmother was a praying woman. Thank you for your story.