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A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:
For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75
Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me:
No Charge
For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:
No Charge
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:
No Charge
For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead:
No Charge
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:
No Charge
Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:
No Charge.
When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".
Lessons:
You will never how much your parents worth till you become a parent
Be a giver not an asker, especially with your parents. there is a lot to give, besides money.
Advice: IF your mom is alive and close to you, give her a big kiss and ask her for forgiveness. If she is far away, call her. if she passed away, pray for her.
"God bless my mother, all that I am or ever hope to be I owe to her." Abraham Lincoln
With Lots of Love to all
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I met Rachel at a party and we fell right into a close connection. At the end of the evening, while discussing possible New Year's Eve plans, Rachel confessed she may not be up to going out. She explained, "For the past 2 years, I've been having fun with ovarian cancer."
For the 2 years before that, I'd been volunteering one day a week in a 28-bed hospice ward as part of my spiritual practice. I knew at once how serious Rachel's illness was, and I was sensitive to my own urge to run. But we really liked each other, and over the next two months, slowly and carefully, we fell in love.
Many of my friends were dubious of my taking on the hard work and heartache obviously ahead. But when they got to know Rachel, they loved her too, and supported us loyally throughout the last year and a half of Rachel's life.
During the first several months of our relationship, Rachel underwent radiation for the third recurrence of cancer. We functioned well as patient and caregiver because we'd both had practice! This radical difference in our roles didn't hamper our relationship,though, because my time with the hospice had taught me to see the essential person inside the illness, and not to be afraid in the presence of suffering.
My family had long accepted my being a lesbian, and within a few hours of meeting Rachel, they also accepted her into the family enthusiastically.
Rachel often remarked, "I can't believe how lucky I am to meet you at this point in my life. I just wish I weren't at this point in my life." Despite the radiologist's pessimism, the treatments (or love) obliterated Rachel's mass. For over a year, all her tests were normal, and we were able to travel, garden and dance together. We built a foundation of trust and joy that enabled her to talk through her fears and grief, and to let me take care of her when, a year later, her fourth and final recurrence slowly crippled her.
Despite Rachel's disabilities, though, I never saw her as a sick person. She was always the witty, sensitive and vivacious woman who charmed me at that party. Just as she often said she wanted, I cared for her at home in the short six days when she was bedridden, and she died with no sign of fear or pain with her hand in mine, looking right into my eyes.
I think we were able to form such an intimate and trusting bond so quickly because we both knew how short, and precious, our time together was. Sometimes, now, I wonder if having a new love so close to the end of her short (41 years) life made it harder for Rachel to accept death. But my heart, my friends and my family all say it was obviously a love meant to be. And she died the way she always said she wanted to, surrounded by love.
When I asked my mother if she ever thought I was crazy to get involved with someone so sick, Mom said, "Why, don't you think the grief is worth all the happiness you had? It was obvious you two loved each other so much!"
The anniversary of Rachel's death was July 1, 1999. And as my mother said it would, my gratitude for the joy we shared now outweighs my grief. The difference between us now is the biggest of all -- life and death. But Rachel will always be the sweetest part of my life.
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True story of one man on George street who witnessed faithfully. Most on this earth may not know him, but I tell you that in heaven, he is more famous than any celebrity, and I admire and respect what he has done while alive on this earth. Mr. Genor from Sydney, Australia. www.bryanturner.org
Please listen; God is so holy, holy, holy that we are abominable compared to him. There is none like God. If we were able to put up a video of all your secret wicked thoughts throughout the week on Youtube, you would be embarrased wouldn't you? In God's eyes, if you ever lied, stolen or lusted, then you're a liar, a thief and an adulterer at heart, and on the day of Judgment all creation will see what you are. God is in heaven and for us to be in his presence, we need to be as holy as God. But Oh, even all our good deeds are like filthy rags.
It is not God's will to send us to hell and experience God's wrath, but he must for he is a righteous judge. God is so righteous that he must make sure justice is done and he hates sin. But through the expanse of time, God saw our plight.
This is his plan for our salvation. He sent his own son to be a curse for us to drink God's wrathful anger on the cross (the tree) to take our punishment for us and pay our judgment's fine (wages of sin is death), so that we'll be set free from spiritual death. Jesus, being forsaken on the cross, demonstrated God's love for us. Words cannot describe how much God loves us. Then He rose from death, defeating death as only God could. If we repent, that is to turn away from sin (what we know to be wrong) and our iniquities (lawlessness), and confess and trust that Jesus is Lord and our savior, then we will be saved. If we have repented, then we can be in God's presence in Heaven not because of our sake but for Jesus's sake, and through Jesus and his sacrifice, we're justified of all charges. The perfect life that Jesus lived is given to us, and God will see us justified if we trust Jesus has saved us, so throw yourself at God's mercy and ask to be saved.
God be glorified, and God deserves all our praise. Heaven is where God is, and I will spend all time to worship and serve him. Oh dear reader, I say these cause I love you. Only thing you can guarantee is the breath you're breathing in. You cannot guarantee tomorrow, so please repent (turn away from sinful lifestyle and continually return to God living in holy obedience.) Be like the Bereans and confirm what I wrote in the Bible and live your life as a living sacrifice by meditating on God's words day and night, then you'll naturally know God's will for your life. May all you do be for God's glory.
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When she returned five minutes later, she was confused. She looked up and down the sidewalk outside of the Department Store wondering where her husband had gone. "He probably was forced to move the car by a police officer but will be back within a few minutes." As she patiently waited, those minutes turned into five, then ten, and finally twenty interminable minutes but still there was no sign of her husband or his car. Something was wrong -- definitely wrong.
Frightened, Marion called the police, then her attorney, and finally her rabbi. The entire Houston community was put on alert. Search parties were formed in a desperate effort to find her husband, and two days later the work of the community finally paid off. However, unfortunately, the result was not a happy ending. Marion's husband was found in his car, tucked away in the woods -- but brutally murdered.
Marion was devastated. She had four young and beautiful children who depended on their father, not only for his financial support but also for the deep love and care that he always gave them. What would the family do now? How would they cope?
Soon, the answer became apparent to Marion. They would "go on" because that was what her husband would have wanted and even demanded that they do. It would not be an easy task, but Marion believed her husband would expect nothing less. In her mind she heard him say, "You must go on."
Therefore, the family did go on with their lives. It was not always easy, but Marion would keep repeating to the children: "Do it for dad."
Marion never forgot her husband as she watched her family grow, graduate from college, and eventually find loving spouses. She knew that her husband would have been proud.
But life does "go on", and eventually Marion met a wonderful gentleman and decided to remarry.
Marion was happy with her new husband and she knew that her first husband would have also wanted her to go on with her own life and not merely hibernate. But, unfortunately, after a number of years, her new husband became very ill and he, too, passed away. It was difficult to accept. Very few people believe they will have to bury one spouse, but burying two spouses is extremely painful. However, in her mind she always heard her first husband saying, "You must go on. You must persevere."
Years passed and Marion developed Rheumatism, an extremely painful and crippling form of Arthritis. At times, the pain would be absolutely unbearable. However, she would always think of her late husband and hear him saying, "You must go on."
Then, she developed Hepatitis C. The disease was devastating, often causing additional pain on top of the rheumatic pains. However, among the many lessons Marion learned from her experiences was -- "One must go on."
A few years passed, and even though it was difficult at times for her to cope, Marion "went on with her life" until that eventful New Year's Eve when she momentarily ceased breathing. Her children immediately called an ambulance that rushed her to a hospital; however, it was uncertain whether she would, or would not, survive the evening. The doctors came out to speak to the children and told them that their mother had had an allergic reaction to a new medication that she has just begun taking. The physicians went on to say that her prognosis was questionable. However, as the days passed, Marion became stronger and stronger. But a few days before she was supposed to be discharged -- she slipped, fell, and broke her hip while going to the bathroom in the middle of the evening.
Once again, Marion was undergoing another ordeal. To make matters even worse, she developed a blood clot in her leg while recuperating from the surgery to repair her broken hip. The doctors warned the family that if another surgery was not attempted, the clot could travel to her heart and result in death. Therefore, Marion "went under the knife" again -- having a "screen" placed inside her body to "trap" the clot. The family wondered how their mother could handle and cope with each and every additional problem. However, the answer was always the same -- "I must go on."
As she fought to improve, Marion was dealt still another major blow. While routinely being examined, her doctor noticed a lump in her breast. He told her to relax and they would perform some additional tests and the family and medical staff would decide what to do after analyzing the results.
Marion's family was devastated when they were eventually told that the lump was malignant. The children, medical staff, and Marion herself decided to do nothing as they weighed the positive and negative effects the treatment would cause. All felt that her physical condition and quality of life were crucial, and another surgery would simply be too risky.
Therefore, after recuperating from her many injuries and ailments she was discharged to a "Long-Term Care Facility." She was happy there. Sure, there were days when the pain was so severe that she would wonder how she could endure. But she always heard her late husband telling her, "You must go on."
And endure and cope she did, again and again, until one day she simply stopped breathing again -- and was finally at peace: no more pain, no more discomfort, no more surgeries.
However, as we all were listening to her family eulogize Marion at her funeral, we learned one mighty lesson. The children in their own beautiful ways told us the great lesson that they had learned from their mother: "You must go on."
While I was listening to the eulogies being recited about her, I felt that Marion was looking down from heaven and smiling at her children as they echoed the lesson she had heard from her first husband and that she had communicated to them: "You must go on."
With Lots of Love
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