A Mother's Love...

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen

one evening while she was fixing supper, and

handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on.

After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it,

and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: $.50

Baby-sitting my brother while you went shopping: $.25

Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there,and

the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind.

She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you

while you were growing inside me:

No Charge

For all the nights that I've sat up with you

doctored and prayed for you:

No Charge

For all the trying times, and all the tears that

you've caused through the years:

No Charge

For all the nights that were filled with dread,

and for the worries I knew were ahead:

No Charge

For the toys, food, clothes, and

even wiping your nose:

No Charge

Son, when you add it up,

the cost of my love is:

No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written,

there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked

straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you."

And then he took the pen and in great big letters

he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6
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