Positive Daily Inspiration (CLASSIC) – May 14, 2023 – MOTHER’S DAY

“Owe no one anything, except to love one another.”
Romans 13:8

The Statue of Liberty in New York is beautiful. There is quite a story behind it. When the famous sculptor Bartholdi gave his time to create the Statue of Liberty, he also gave of his time to raise the $4 million needed to build the statue. People from all over France provided the money for the statue.

Of course, raising that kind of money, there were a lot of opinions of what the statue should look like. Many came to him and said, “Well, the statue should embrace the face of a super-hero and the arms of someone totally loving and a body that radiates freedom out to all the people coming in.” He had people say that the statue should depict figures of thought which are grand in themselves.

Bartholdi said his most difficult task was searching for a model for his statue. It took many years until he finally found her in his own kitchen. The Statue of Liberty is a model of his own mother. He said, “In her is everything that I want to convey to the people coming to a free land to live a new life.”

Wilfred Funk, the famous dictionary and encyclopedia publisher picked ten words that he said meant the most to people in this country. One of the ten words is ‘mother.’ “It is the most revered word of all,” he said. ‘Alone’ is the second word, the most tragic. ‘Forgotten’ is the saddest word. ‘Love’ is the most beautiful word. ‘Revenge’ is the cruelest word. ‘Friendship’ is the warmest word. ‘No’ is the coldest word. ‘Tranquility’ is the most peaceful of the ten words.

One of the most famous mothers in history was ‘Old Mother Goose’. That’s right. She was real. Her maiden name was Foster. She was born near Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1665. She married Isaac Goose who died years later, leaving her a widow with ten children.

With ten children she needed lots of stories to amuse them, (since in those days there was no television and no Playstations or Xbox). Later on, her son-in-law published the poetry and nursery rhymes she created and it made her famous.

A husband was once admiring his wife. He said, “My, I marvel at your patience! You have told that child the same thing twenty times!”

The mother looked fondly at the child and said, “Had I spoken the matter only nineteen times, I should have lost all my labor.”

Positive Prayer Blessing:

God bless every mother on their special day, we ask God to empower them so when they need superhuman ability to deal with their children, they will have it.

Amen.

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:
God’s love always lights my way!

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:
“Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.”
Herman Melville

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