I ran
into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh
excuse me please" was my reply.
He said,
"Please excuse me too;
I
wasn't watching for you."
We were
very polite, this stranger and I.
We went
on our way and we said goodbye.
But at
home a different story is told,
How we
treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later
that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son
stood beside me very still.
When I
turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out
of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked
away, his little heart broken.
I didn't
realize how harshly I'd spoken.
While I
lay awake in bed,
God's
still small voice came to me and said,
"While
dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but
the family you love, you seem to abuse.
Go and
look on the kitchen floor,
You'll
find some flowers there by the door.
Those are
the flowers he brought for you.
He picked
them himself: pink, yellow and blue.
He stood
very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never
saw the tears that filled his little
eyes."
By this
time, I felt very small,
And now
my tears began to fall.
I quietly
went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I
said.
"Are
these the flowers you picked for me?"
He
smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.
I
picked 'em because they're pretty like
you.
I
knew you'd like 'em, especially the
blue."
I said,
"Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted
today;
I
shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He
said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I
love you anyway."
I said,
"Son, I love you too,
and
I do like the flowers, especially the
blue."
FAMILY
Are you
aware that if we died tomorrow, the
company that we are working for could
easily
replace us in a matter of
days.
But
the family we left behind will feel the
loss for the rest of their
lives.
And come
to think of it, we pour ourselves
more into work than into our own
family,
an unwise
investment indeed, don't you think?
So what
is behind the story?
Do you
know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I)
(L)OVE (Y)OU
