MY MamaS EXAMPLE ......... I remember, as a young child, my Mama instilling GODS love in my heart, with Bible stories, pictures, and songs. I remember seeing her sit for hours, in her favorite chair, with her Bible on her lap, studying, and how important God was to her. I remember so strongly feeling His love surround me, as I lay in bed going to sleep - a secure, comforting, peaceful love. I always knew God was with me, I felt His presence, as a very young child. I remember so wanting to belong to Him and walking the isle of the church, scared to death in front of all those people, yet the pull was so strong I had to go, though I was very young, probably about 10 - only to be told I was too young to be baptized. The desire never left me. I returned again when I was 13, and dedicated my life to do His will, and was baptized into Christ for the forgiveness of my sins. He is the guardian of my soul. My love for Him has never dimmed. My Mama planted that love in me, by her telling me about God, and Jesus, the angels, about the Bible characters, and what they went through, and what they did that pleased God, and what they did, that did not please God, and her example in front of me, during that short time, took root in my heart, and grew. It is so important not to underestimate the importance of our example in front of our children. By the time I was 14, my Mama and Daddy had divorced, our home was torn apart, and my brother and I was eventually sent to my aunt to finish raising. Hard stuff for a young girl, but I carried her words, her example, and her love of God in my heart.She lost her way for a while, but before she died, an early death, she had returned her life back to God. How I would have loved to have had more time with her, as a grown woman. She went through many tough things in her life. I would have liked to have talked with her woman to woman, from an understanding heart, to give her the comfort she so needed. I would have like for her to see the woman I grew up to be, to meet my children, especially my daughter, who is so much like her in her spirit, in her beauty, in her love for God, and I would loved for her to have met my grandchildren, and enjoy them as I have, to see that her early teachings and example in my life have been passed down from child to child, that the mistakes in her life stopped with her, and were forgiven long ago. Someday I will tell her myself, because her example in front of me, has aimed me towards heaven, and my children, and my grandchildren. Because of her, we are all coming Home. Wont she be surprised. Angela Darlene Fears 2014
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 02:43:00 +0000
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