Ashley never knew her mother...
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Ashley never knew her mother, her parents divorced when she was very young. Her father never talked about her mother. As she got older she and her brother began searching for their mother. "We wanted to know who she was," Ashley explains.
After months of searching they found their mother. She was remarried living in another country. "My heart was pounding so fast," Ashley says, "I never thought this was possible." Ashley and her brother along with other family members traveled to meet their birth mother. Ashley did not know what to expect or what to say. When she finally found her mother, she gave her children a big hug as tears were flowing down her face. "Seeing those tears made me realize that mom did love us," Ashley reflects, "and had been waiting for that moment for a very long time." Mother and children maintain regular contact via email and occasional phone calls.
Ashley never thought she would meet her mother, but was fortunate to find her. She says it is "never too late."
Jesus told of a rich person who had everything in life. However, he neglected the person in need at his gate. The well-to-do person should have cared for the poor man but he did not. Sadly he realized this after had had died, when it was too late. From Hades he pleads, "I beg you to send him to my father's house -- for I have five brothers -- that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment." Contemporaries of Jesus failed to realize his status -- that he was the Son of God. May we not make that same mistake. May we continue to share the good news before it is too late for those we care about.
After months of searching they found their mother. She was remarried living in another country. "My heart was pounding so fast," Ashley says, "I never thought this was possible." Ashley and her brother along with other family members traveled to meet their birth mother. Ashley did not know what to expect or what to say. When she finally found her mother, she gave her children a big hug as tears were flowing down her face. "Seeing those tears made me realize that mom did love us," Ashley reflects, "and had been waiting for that moment for a very long time." Mother and children maintain regular contact via email and occasional phone calls.
Ashley never thought she would meet her mother, but was fortunate to find her. She says it is "never too late."
Jesus told of a rich person who had everything in life. However, he neglected the person in need at his gate. The well-to-do person should have cared for the poor man but he did not. Sadly he realized this after had had died, when it was too late. From Hades he pleads, "I beg you to send him to my father's house -- for I have five brothers -- that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment." Contemporaries of Jesus failed to realize his status -- that he was the Son of God. May we not make that same mistake. May we continue to share the good news before it is too late for those we care about.
