Sunday, May 9, 2004

Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
(Proverbs 23.25 NRSV)

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In a recent story in The Washington Times, First Lady Laura Bush recalled a visit with her husband to the home of his parents, the former president and Mrs. Bush. According to Laura Bush, on this visit her husband woke up at 6:00 a.m. as usual and went downstairs to get a cup of coffee. As he sat down on the sofa, he put his feet up on the coffee table. All of a sudden, his mother yelled out, "Put your feet down!"

His father said, "For goodness' sake, Barbara, he's the president of the United States."

And Barbara said, "I don't care. I don't want his feet on my table."

The president promptly did as he was told, for as Mrs. Bush observes: "Even presidents have to listen to their mothers."

Today we honor our mothers.

Our mothers have come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them have been good mothers. Some of them have not. God hopes that all of us have experienced love, because God's love is a gift to all.

Share that love.

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Loving God, strengthen me in your love, so I can share with all of your children. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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