The following is a brief story from Syndicated Columnist Erma Bombeck. Although she passed away in 1996, some of you may remember her. She was a witty and gifted writer. The following was her Mother’s Day column for May 12, 1974. Now, this little story is not necessarily “Theologically Correct,” but its message is… :-)
When God Created Mothers When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into his sixth day of “overtime” when an angel appeared and said, “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.” And the Lord said, “Have you read the specs on this order?
“Lord,” said the angel, touching His sleeve gently, “Go to bed. Tomorrow...” “I can’t,” said the Lord, “I’m so close to creating something so close to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick... can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger... and can get a nine-year-old to stand under a shower.” The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly. “It’s too soft,” she sighed. “But she’s tough!” said the Lord excitedly. “You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure.” “Can it think?” “Not only can it think, but she can reason and compromise,” said the Creator. Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek. “There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model.” “It’s not a leak,” said the Lord. “It’s a tear.” “What’s it for?” “It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness, and pride.” “You are a genius,” said the angel. The Lord looked somber. “I didn’t put it there,” He said. It is that unique tear, that unique toughness, that unique grace, and that unique mercy for which all of us are so grateful. Thank you, Ladies for being a wonderful and sacred expression of our tender and mighty God.
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Josefina
6/11/2016 08:47:26 pm
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