A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERS

When I say I am blessed beyond measure,  it is because I was given a great start in life.  No I was not given great wealth,  in fact  you can say I was as poor as a churchmouse,  but I was rich in love, and taught the values of living a good life.  I did not stay close to God in my older years,  but he sure stayed close to me.  As a youth I knew how much God loved me and I loved him a great deal as well,  but when Love did not find me like I thought it should have  I went away from my upbringing and sought for a love I could call my own.  I wish I had known all the trouble it would bring for my future,  for I have faced many trials, because of my disobiedience and rebel nature.

But the one thing I learned in the process is that Daddy and Mama gave me thier very best.  They gave me direction and a purpose for life.  Mama believed in the old story about the prodical son.  She believed that no matter how far I would venture out in life that one day I would find God again.  She use to say bring a child up in the way that it should be and it will return one day...and she was right.  I MADE MY MISTAKES IN LIFE AND I HAVE PAID A GREAT PRICE FOR THEM. 

Now I have a child of my own and I worry about her everyday...but I know that all I can do is pass along to her those words of wisdom from my Mama.  "You can't run from God,  cause one day you'll need him."  She knows that I have been in the pits of Hades and that God's love reached way down and picked me up.  Now everyday I try to show someone that they are not alone,  no matter how lonely they feel.  I try to teach others that what we do in life will follow us all the days of our lives,  so we must be careful of the choices we make.

I owe so much to my Mother.  I think that Mothers are pretty special people.  Not all women should be Mothers,  because it takes someone special to know how to love like a Mother.  I was given a precious gift.  I was given the love of a "DADDY"  and a  "MAMA' who were not even my own.  So yes I have been BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE.