Warm hugs in Christ!

May is here and I never think about the month of May without thinking about my dearly departed mother, Doris. My mother loved the Lord deeply and I so look forward to our reunion in the Heavens not so far down the road.

Maybe May causes you to think about your mothers, too.

Mother’s Day reminds me of the teacher who gave her class of second graders a lesson on magnets and what they do. The next day in a written test, she included this question: ” My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?” When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word Mother.

While many of us may get a chuckle out of this little story, we must also agree that there is a powerful truth being shared here as well. There is something “magnetic” about a mother, especially when that mother is someone who loves and follows the Lord each day. Of course, the same can be said about fathers who also sacrifice for their families in so many ways.

We are going to take a moment on Mother’s Day to honor the women in attendance, remembering those women who have impacted our lives in so many ways, including our biological mothers.

I love the following little story that shows the simple love and appreciation a child can have for Mom:

A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son’s memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, “I am the light of the world.” The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud clear voice said, “My mother is the light of the world.”