Happy Mother's Day 2008!

We thank our God for our Godly mothers who not only gave us life but who have cared for us through life.  The joys have been so many with such happiness. Thank your mom, if she is still living, for her love! Enjoy this oft told preacher's tale:

Pastor Roger Matthew tells the following story:

We were traveling one summer in the Pocono Mountains, and like a good Christian family, attend church while we were on vacation.  One lazy Sunday we found our way to a little church. It was a hot day and the folks were nearly out in the pews.  The preacher was preaching on and on until all of a sudden, he said, "The best years of my life have been spent in the arms of another man's wife."

The congregation let out a gasp, came to immediate attention, and the dozing deacon in the back row dropped his hymnbook.  Then the preacher said, "It was my mother."

The congregation tittered a little and managed to follow along as the sermon concluded. I filed this trick away in my memory, a great way to get the congregation's attention back when it has been lost.  Sure enough, the next summer, on a lazy Sunday, I was preaching and the flies were buzzing around and the ushers were sinking lower and lower in their seats on the back row until I could hardly see them.  Then I remembered our experience in the Pocono Mountains, and I said in a booming voice, "The best years of my life have been spent in the arms of another man's wife."

Sure enough, I had their attention.  One of the ushers in the back row sat up so fast he hit his head on the back of the pew in front of him.  I had them. But you know something, I forgot what came next!  All I could think of to say was, "And for the life of me, I can't remember her name!"