A Parent’s Encouragement

My stepbrother’s mother was determined that he should go to church on Sunday. When he and his wife were at a period in their lives when they were not attending, his mother would call him early on Sunday mornings and let it ring until he or his wife answered. His mother would say, “I know you are not going to church this morning, but you are not going to sleep in either!” and then hang up.

Another one of the phone calls was to say, “I don’t know how I am going to be happy in Heaven without you there, but God says I will be happy, so I’ll just have to trust Him, because I don’t think I’ll be seeing you there” and hang up. She would call every Sunday morning with some saying like that.

When my daughter Betty was asked why she returned to the Lord, she replied, “My mother never stopped praying for me.” “My mother told me what mattered was my relationship with God, not what others are doing with God.” My stepbrother Charlie and daughter Betty are now active servants of the Lord in His church.