Ember - Remember a few years ago when Mr. Querci and I went on vacation and you welcomed Querci, Jr. into your home for a whole week, treating her like your own daughter: taking her to school, making sure she did her homework, tucking her in at night?
You were so patient with her!
Leaven - Even though you hardly know her because we haven’t had much face time since she was born, remember last year you sent her some new books she’d been wanting?
Halcyon8 - You’re always doing stuff to make all the little Querci’s feel special, such as the shopping trip with Querci, Jr. that you fit into your busy schedule.
Even though the person on the direct receiving end of these good deeds was Querci, Jr., each one of them felt like a personal favor to me.
I know you all love Querci, Jr., in her own right, but the reason you made the effort to get to know her was because you loved me first, and she’s a part of me.
Even if she was a little twit, (which she’s not), you would still treat her well because you love me. Do you guys even know how much that means to me?
Being a mother really helps me understand what it means that we can show God, our Father, we love Him and serve Him, by loving and serving one another.
I <3 this post so much. This is a great part of what Christianity means to me.
ReplyDeleteI can say for myself that I'm reminded by my own kids quite often, how we must appear to God, and it's priceless to me.
Wow! Querci, not being a mother myself, I've never directly experienced how much it means to Mother God, to you, and to all mothers when I love and care for the children who are part of them.
ReplyDeleteI do love Querci, Jr. and all your little Quercis in their own right, and hope to continue getting to know them better. But even when I couldn't know them yet, when you were expecting each of them, it's true that I did love them already because they were yours, and I love you.
Ember, T, Danielle - I feel the same way about you and your little Embers, T's and D's.
Thanks Leaven!
ReplyDeleteQuerci, "To Serve God", not only is it a good book, it is good news too!
ReplyDeleteYou know what your post reminds me of?
"And the king will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these by brethren, you did it to me.'" (Mt 25:40)
God is our Father and we are all God's children. But I think I can say that he is a Father like a mother too. For, it is written,
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often I would have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!" (Mt 23:37)
and
"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands. . . (Is 49:14-16)
Every person in the world is a child of God, so it seems like we should try to get to the point where we act like every single person is our brother. Like you pointed out, I naturally have compassion and love for your children just because they are YOUR children. I guess we should take into consideration how God feels for everyone too, if we claim to love God.
Thank you Leaven, we all feel your love for us because you express it beautifully with your smile and warmness each time you see us.
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