Good evening, I pray your day was a great one, that everything went as it should and that now you are home, resting and relaxing!
Tonight in prayer I thanked our Father in Heaven for all of the love and goodness he gives to me, for all of the sheer, pure love and goodness! I am not saying my life is all peaches and cream but I am saying that with God's love it is a far sight better than I can even imagine it would be without! I am so thankful for all of my family members and friends. I am eternally thankful for my sweet daughter and now for the baby growing in her body. I am so thankful for my future son in law for being the balance my daughter has needed in her life. I asked God to continue to bless each of you with his love, his gentle hand and his mercy. To keep you filled with peace in your heart, calm in your minds and comfort in your bodies. To bless you with understanding when things do not go your way, to fill you with knowledge when you question. I ask you to pray with me for those suffering, and battling with illness, to offer assistance to those reaching out for "light" to be a strong and positive to force to all. I ask all of this in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
A very important body part, may the most important to some!
My mother used to ask me which body part is the most important. Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer.
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mommy.”
She said, “No. Many people are deaf but they get along fine. Keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated for the correct answer.
So this time I told her, “Mommy, sight is very important to everybody so it must be our eyes.”
She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge and over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and her answer was always, “No. But you are getting smarter every year, my child.”
Then one year, my grandfather died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially well because it was only the second time I saw him cry.
My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to my Grandfather.
She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”
I was shocked when she asked me the question then. I always thought this was a game between her and me.
She saw the confusion on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life. For every body part you guessed in the past, I have told you were wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson.”
She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears.
She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.”
I asked, “Is it because it holds up my head?”
She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry. Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends so that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But people will Never forget how you made them feel.
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