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PostSubject: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSat Dec 06, 2008 9:37 am

As a mother of four children I can certainly appreciate this. To all you mothers here at TRD....enjoy this adorable story.



My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for five years but hadn't been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if he would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, love it with all my heart and raise it with his Word as my guide.

God answered my prayers and blessed us with a son.

The next year God blessed us with another son.

The following year, He blessed us with yet another son.

The year after that we were blessed with a daughter.

My husband thought we'd been blessed right into poverty. We now had four children, and the oldest was only four years old. I learned never to ask God for anything unless I meant it! As a minister once told me, "If you pray for rain, make sure you carry an umbrella."

I began reading a few verses of the Bible to the children each day as they lay in their cribs. I was off to a good start. God had entrusted me with four children and I didn't want to disappoint Him.

I tried to be patient...the day the children smashed two dozen eggs on the kitchen floor searching for baby chicks.

I tried to be understanding...when they started a hotel for homeless frogs in the spare bedroom, although it took me nearly two hours to catch all twenty-three frogs.

I tried to see the humor...when my daughter poured ketchup all over herself and rolled up in a blanket to see how it felt to be a hot dog. I tried to see the humor...rather than the mess.

In spite of changing over twenty-five thousand diapers, never eating a hot meal and never sleeping for more than thirty minutes at a time, I still thanked God daily for my children. While I couldn't keep my promise to be a perfect mother...I didn't even come close...I did keep my promise to raise them in the Word of God.

I knew I was missing the mark (at least a little bit), though, when I told my daughter we were going
to church to worship God, and she wanted to bring a bar of soap along to "wash up" Jesus, too. And something was definately lost in the translation when I explained that God gave us everlasting life, and my son thought it was very generous of God to give us his "last wife."

My proudest moment came years later, though, when all four of my kids were going to be in the children's Christmas pageant. My daughter was playing 'Mary', two of my sons were shepherds and my youngest son was a wise man! This was their moment to shine...and I couldn't be prouder.

BUT, on the night of the performance...... My five-year-old shepherd had practiced his line, "We found the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes." But he was nervous and said, "The baby was wrapped in wrinkled clothes." My four-year-old 'Mary' said, "That's not 'wrinkled clothes,' silly. That's dirty, rotten clothes." A wrestling match broke out
between 'Mary' and the shepherd....and was eventually stopped by an angel, who bent her halo and lost
her left wing. I slouched a little lower in my seat when my 'Mary' dropped the doll representing Baby Jesus, and it bounced down the aisle crying, "Mama-mama." 'Mary' grabbed the doll, wrapped it back up and held it tightly as the wise men arrived. My other son stepped forward wearing a bathrobe
and a paper crown, knelt at the manger with the others and announced, "We are the three wise men, and we are bringing gifts of gold, common sense and fur."

The congregation dissolved into laughter, and the pageant got a standing ovation. "I've never enjoyed a Christmas program as much as this one," laughed the pastor, wiping tears from his eyes. "For the rest of my life, I'll never hear the Christmas story again without thinking of gold, common sense and fur."

"My children are my pride and my joy and my greatest blessing", I said....as I dug through my purse for an aspirin!



Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.

Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher .

Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.

Had no army, yet kings feared Him.

He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.

He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.

He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.

Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us!!!If you believe in God and in Jesus Christ His Son, send this to all on your buddy list.GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!
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PostSubject: Re: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSat Dec 06, 2008 11:16 am

awesome, however i don't think this goes in the humor mill does it?
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PostSubject: Re: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSat Dec 06, 2008 11:18 am

IDK. It was as good a place as any. LOL
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PostSubject: Re: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSat Dec 06, 2008 2:16 pm

yes and God does have a since of humor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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PostSubject: Re: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSat Dec 06, 2008 5:48 pm

Great story. Common sense and fur! So sounds like something Kerith would say.
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PostSubject: Re: Gotta love them!   Gotta love them! Icon_minitimeSun Dec 07, 2008 11:59 am

LOL It brings back memories of my teaching days in day care. The four and five year olds would put together little skits for the school. It was too cute.
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