My Mom

I am going to start this story way back a long time ago...LOL....when I was about 12 years old. Well let me start off first by saying that my Mom was raised Catholic, but after she married my father in a Catholic church she never stepped foot in a Catholic church again. Growing up I always went to a Baptist church, and I remember my Mom going some times too. I remember getting on the church bus and going to church every Sunday.

When I was about 12 years old me and My Mom were members of a Baptist church and were going every Sunday and Wednesday. Me and my Mom got Baptized around the same time at the church that we were going to. I remember one Sunday before Church on a day that I was wearing pants to church the preacher came up to my Mom who was standing beside me and said quietly to My Mom that now that we both are baptized that we might want to think about wearing a dress or skirt to Church. Let me add that I grew up poor and not having a lot of nice things; therefore it was not often that I got new clothes. I think I owned 1 maybe 2 skirts at that age. I was very upset by the Preacher's remarks, and my first thought was that God didn't care what I wore to church as long as I came to worship him. I also questioned what the Preacher said and thought, "Would God really want me to not go to Church because I don't have a nice dress or skirt to wear?" I know that the answer is no, but those are words that I will always remember and I think they have had a lasting impact on my Mother.

My Mom has not gone to Church in a really long time, and now that I have found an awesome Church I have been inviting her every chance that I get. Everytime she gives me some excuse like how she needs her hair cut, or she needs a nice dress to wear. I told my Mom over and over that God doesn't care what she wears, and even told her that there are more people at Center Pointe wearing pants, and shorts then there are wearing a skirt or dress. So then my Mom told me that she would like to get a new pair of pants and she hasn't had new shoes in a long time so she would like to get a new pair of shoes because she wanted to look nice to come to church with me. Last Weekend I invited her to Church once again and she rattled off her list of excuses, and I got kind of snippy with her and told her that there is always going to be an excuse if she keeps making excuses, and I reminded her once again that God doesn't care how new the pair of shoes she has on her feet are or if her hair was just cut.

My Mom did tell me that she would come to Church with me on high attendance Sunday this Sunday the 14th, and I certainly hope that she does.

After Church yesterday I picked my Mom up and me, My Mom, and Trish met Scott and Diana and their kids at Cici's Pizza for lunch. The first words out of Diana's mouth when she met my Mom was to me telling me that I should invite my Mom to Church next Sunday, and I told her that I already did. As we were leaving Cici's Pizza the last words out of Diana's mouth was to my Mom, and Diana said to her, "So we will see you next Sunday?" And my Mom said yes. We all know how Diana's....well we wont call it nagging...lets call it God persistantly working through Diana. So if My Mom doesn't come to Church Sunday then I am giving Diana her phone number and address...LOL.

I would appreciate it if everyone can add my Mom to their prayer list.