AND MAMA PRAYED
“Bring up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he shall not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6
Mama said to live by the “GOLDEN RULE”
To myself I said, “I’d be a fool"!
In the REAL World here it just ain’t so!
‘GOOD GUYS’ don’t Win! The answer is NO!
The Death Angel came and took mom away
But I still heard her prayers as I roamed far astray!
----YES, MAMA PRAYED!
The ‘Good Times’ came, the ‘Good Times’ went,
Woke up one mornin’ without one red cent!
The rent was due; my poor head did hurt,
My knees were skin’t; I was a'sprawled in the dirt.
I’d sowed my ‘oats’, it was ‘harvest’ time.
All alone in the world and WITHOUT A DINE!
----YES, MAMA PRAYED!
Mom’s favorite son, “hold Fast to the Right,”
Popped into my head and held on tight!
And all because I’d learned one night,
----MAMA PRAYED!
My dad died young, in a muddy field,
Because of high ideals he would NOT YIELD!
Calling this Greedy land, the home of the FREE,
He died in the WAR, for mom and me!
----AND MAMA PRAYED!
Dad loved his Church and Family,
And I realized he died to keep them FREE!
I’d loved that man with all my heart!
Then WAR broke out, wrenched us apart
So a HATE Filled boy, only six-you see;
Became mama’s CROSS, and for years would be!
----STILL MAMA PRAYED!
‘Son hear me now,’ my mother’d plead-
Thru Bitterness of Heart, I would NOT Heed,
‘Christ died for you! DON’T Sin no more!
He’s standin’ now, at your heart’s door!
Kneel by my side, and you will KNOW,
The “PEACE” He promised in His Word, is SO!
‘The ‘Golden Rule’ is the way to live,
A Helping Hand to another Give.
----AND KNEELING-MAMA PRAYED!
At age eighteen, I’d ‘tried it all!’
Not a single GOOD DEED could I recall.
Money came easy and ‘good time’s' too!
Preachin’ ‘NO FREE LUNCH’ to me won’t do!
‘For every SIN, someone must pay!’
Those words I still hear my mama say!
----With Tear filled eyes MAMA PRAYED!
I found a wife; and I “USED" HER TOO!
Amazing now, I learned her view,
----SHE PRAYED TOO!
I left her with child, and forged on still-
I could not see; it was all DOWN HILL!
Too Bind to know that one Giant Leap,
Would land me on the GARBAGE HEAP!
----AND MY WIFE PRAYED!
Sick; at the side of the road I Lay
An old man came walking down my way.
Now, in my mind, I said, “You Hick,
You mess with me, I’ll hurt you Quick!
The old man spoke as he came ‘long-side,
He sounded like dad --- I tho’t I’d DIED!
----AND THEN HE PRAYED!
The tears flowed free, there where I lay,
At last, 'AT PEACE', I could Truly say,
The 'golden rule' I no longer scorn!
By the LOVE OF GOD I’ve been REBORN!
My wife and child He gave back to me!
I’ll Praise His NAME ETERNALLY!
----AND NOW I PRAY!
I’ll close this out on a yearning note.
A song mom sang; a verse I’ll quote.
If you’re my age, you’ll know the song,
And in your heart you can sing along.
----AND PRAYING WILL HELP TOO!
“If I could hear my mother pray again,
If I could hear her gentle voice as then,
How happy I would be,
T’would mean so much to me,
If I could hear my mother ….PRAY AGAIN……
----YES, I STILL DO!
Friend; if you too are traveling down life’s road,
Stumbling, (like me) under a heavy load.
These words of Christ HAVE PASSED the TEST
“COME TO ME; I’LL GIVE YOU REST.”
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me”
Yes! –Christ the Lord WILL SET YOU FREE!
----MAY I SUGGEST YOU PRAY TOO!
You too can sing a brand new song.
By his “Amazing Grace" He’s led me on!
In Matthew 11, (if you’ll turn there and see)
Verse 28-30 shows how He’s leading ME!
Tho’ there’s NO FREE LUNCH; it’s plain to see,
The PRICE was PAID at Calvary!
----AND PRAYER CHANGES THINGS!
REMEMBER: JESUS NEVER FAILS!
Written by: Brother L.D. Walker
