Tell Me a True Story Blog Party - Week of 03/07/16

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Ain’t Got No Mama! 

 

She viewed me coming down the aisle to pick up my repaired hearing aid.  “Come into my office,” said my friend, the middle aged, Hearing Specialist.  

I noticed she was fidgeting with a lonely button and a sewing kit, as she explained.  “I just purchased this sweater vest, and a minute ago one of the buttons fell off.  I can’t get one of the needles threaded to fix it.” 

Restlessly she opened the sewing kit and moved about the many needles inside a small box.  Almost frantically she said, “Is this the needle threader?  I can’t make it work.” 

As I reached out to select a needle, she handed me the threading gadget. 

Carefully, I inserted the threader into the eye of the needle, and showed her how to pass the thread through and then gently pull it into the needle.   

Quickly I picked up the button and proceeded to reattach it to her sweater.

“You need your mama,” I said to her. 

Her response surprised me when she replied; “Hazel I never had a mama.  My birth mother did not want me or my sister, so my grandma raised us our early years, and she was mean to us.  Later I went to live with my dad, and my step mother was uncaring and hateful to me.” 

I answered, “So you did not have a mother figure to be a good role model and to show you love?” 

She replied, “That is true.”

I told her, “Well, I love you,” as I reached out and gave her a hug, and she hugged back. 

As she handed me my package, she said, “Those three women really missed out, because I have gone on to make something of myself, and I am also proud of my adult children.” 

In life not all children are fortunate to have a good relationship with their mother, (or their father) even those still living at home.   

I think back at the many times I failed as a mother to be patient and kind to my own children.  Today, I am thankful that my children have forgiven me. 

Jesus gave explicit instructions about children and those who abuse and harm the little ones.  He said, “It would be better that a millstone was hanged around their neck and they were cast into the sea.” 

Now that seems a bit harsh, but Jesus did not take kindly to the mistreatment of children.  

Paul instructed Fathers not to tease and aggravate their children and cause them to be angry.   

Ephesians  6:4  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  

I am reminded that Paul also said children were to obey and honor their parents, and give them respect. 

How is everything at your home this day?

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