Tell Mama I'll Be There

Today would have been my precious mama's 115th birthday.
I still remember her singing the old hymn, “Tell Mother I'll Be There”. Today, I find myself singing it back to her. "Tell mother I'll be there, in answer to her prayer..."

Everything I am -- and hope to be -- I owe to my mother. If God handed out report cards for motherhood, my mama would have graduated with highest honors.

She wasn't famous. She wasn't wealthy. But she was rich in all the things that matter.

She taught me forgiveness. "God forgives me every day. I can certainly forgive you."

She taught me wisdom with five simple words: "Let your conscience be your guide." Oh how those words remedied many temptations!

She taught me faith. I watched her faithfully attend church, lead prayer groups, pray for her family, trust God through financial hardship, and love my daddy with unwavering devotion through a difficult illness – that eventually took him home to heaven when I was 15.

Looking back, I realize my greatest inheritance wasn't something she left TO me. It was something she left IN me. I know it was her example as I…..

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My mama's influence continues. It reminds me of what the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy:
"I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also." (2 Timothy 1:5)

Faith has a beautiful way of traveling through generations.
The greatest legacy we leave our children and grandchildren isn't found in bank accounts, jewelry, or possessions. It's found in our character, our faith, our kindness, our integrity, and the way we love others when no one is watching.

I pray that my mama's legacy continues through me to my children and grandchildren and beyond -- because faith has a beautiful way of traveling through generations.

To you my dear friends -- I pray that our children will one day be able to say what I still say about my precious mama:

"Her children rise up and call her blessed." Proverbs 31:28

Happy Birthday, Mama. Don't worry -- by God's amazing grace, I'll meet up with you one day and I’ll be giving you the biggest hug EVER!