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A Mother's Crown
Heaven lit up with His mighty presence,
As all the Angels looked
down,
Today the Lord was placing the jewels,
In all the
mother’s crowns.
As He held up a
golden crown,
As all the mother’s looked on,
He said in His gentle
voice,
"I just want to explain each stone."
He held the first
gem in His hand
But the radiance couldn’t match His
own.
For He was the light of Heaven,
Reflecting off each of
the stones.
"The first gem," He
said, "is an emerald,
And it’s for endurance alone,
For all the
nights you waited up.
For your children to come home.
For all the nights by
their bedside,
You stayed till the fever went down,
For nursing
every little wound,
I add this emerald to your crown."
"A ruby, I’ll place by the
emerald,
For leading your child in the right way,
For if you hadn’t
taught them about me,
They wouldn’t be here with you today.
For always being right
there,
Thru all life's important events,
I give you a sapphire
stone,
For the time and love you spent."
"For untying the strings
that held them,
When they grew up and left home,
I give
you this one for courage."
Then the Lord added an amethyst
stone.
"I’ll place a stone of
garnet," He said,
"For all the times you spent on your
knees,
When you asked me to take care of your children,
And
them for having faith in me."
"I have a pearl for every
little sacrifice,
That you made without them knowing,
For all the
times you went without,
To keep them happy, healthy, and growing."
"And last of all I have a
diamond,
The greatest of all gems,
For those mother’s who lost their
children,
When they came home to heaven before them."
"This is the most precious
sacrifice,
So I give the most precious stone,
For I know just how
you felt,
I too lost a child of my own."
After the Lord placed the
last jewel in,
He said, "Heaven is now complete,
For every
mother has her crown of jewels,
And all her children are at her
feet."
(author
unknown)
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