Battles

  Helping God Isaiah 50:7 The Lord God helps me, so I will not be ashamed. I will be determined, and I know I will not be disgraced. Five years ago I lost my mother and in those five years there has not been a day I did not think about her. My mother was a remarkable woman. A lot of people say that about their mothers but it is true for me. First and foremost children loved her. To my memory I think she was happiest when she was in the middle of teaching little children about the living God. Next is the fact that whatever my mother put her hand to she did it well. But the thing that stands out to me as I have gotten older is how generous she was. This is a big deal because my mother grew up poor and could have been stingy but that was not her nature. Thinking about this it now makes me think about how my mother taught me to be a man who is generous. To be truthful I have not always been a generous man but the legacy of my mother has had an effect on me. My mother was a ...