[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: Mother

Fri May 7 13:03:19 UTC 2021

From: Larry Perry [mailto:larryperry at performancepress.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Larry Perry
Sent: Friday, May 7, 2021 8:14 AM
To: mmoore11 at kent.edu
Subject: EXT: Mother

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Letter from Larry

Friday

May 7, 2021

Good Morning Everyone:

 This Sunday is Mother's Day here in the United States. A day that

we honor our mothers. This week I want to share some stories about

our Mothers that I hope you will be able to relate to. 

MOTHER

 The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is 

 this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes,  

and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach

the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."

 But the young mother was happy, and she would not

 believe that anything could be better than these years. So 

she played with her children, and gathered flowers for

 them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; 

and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,

 "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."

 Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was

 dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the 

mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, 

and the children said, "Mother, we are not afraid, for you 

are near, and no harm can come."And the morning came, 

and there was a hill ahead,  and the children climbed and 

grew weary, and the mother was weary.

 But at all times she said to the children," A little patience  

and we are there."

 So the children climbed, and when they reached the top

 they said, "Mother, we would not have done it without you." 

 And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up

 at the stars and said, "This is a better day than the last, for  

my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. 

Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I've given them 

strength."

And the next day came strange clouds which darkened

 the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children 

groped and stumbled, and the mother said: "Look up. Lift  

your eyes to the light." And the children looked and saw 

above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them 

beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, 

"This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God." 

 And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and 

 the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and 

bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked 

with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, 

 for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a 

hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden 

gates flung wide. And mother said, "I have reached the  

end of my journey. And now I know the end 

is better than the beginning, for my children can 

 walk alone, and their children after them."

 And the children said, "You will always walk with us, 

 Mother, even when you have gone through the gates."

 And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, 

and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We cannot  

see her but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more 

than a memory. She is a living presence......." 

Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper 

 of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell 

of bleach in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool 

hand on your brow when you're not well. Your Mother lives

 inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear 

drop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and

 she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your 

first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can

 separate you.

 Not time, not space... not even death!

*****

May God Bless and keep you and yours!!!

Larry

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