A Mother’s Tear ~
One of God’s
Miracles...
He was into His sixth day of “overtime”
when an angel appeared and said,
“You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”
And God said, “Have you read the specifications
on this order? She has to be completely
washable, but not plastic. Have 180 moveable
parts....all replaceable.
Run on black coffee and leftovers.
Have a lap that disappears when she stands up.
A kiss that can cure anything from a broken leg
to a disappointed love affair.
And, six pairs of hands.” The angel shook her head slowly
and said “Six pairs of hands....no
way.”
“It’s not the hands that are causing me problems,
” said God, “It’s the three pairs of eyes
that mothers
have to have.”
“That’s on the standard
model?” asked the angel.
God nodded. “One pair that sees through
closed doors when she asks, ‘
What are you kids doing in there?’
when she already knows.
Another here in the back of her head that sees
what she shouldn’t but what she has to know,
and of course, the ones here in front that can
look at a child when he goofs up and say,
I understand and I love you’,
without so much as uttering a word.”
“You should scrap it and start
over.” said the angel.
“I can’t,” said God, “I’m so close to creating
something so close to myself. Already I have
one who heals herself when she is sick...
can feed a family of six on one pound of hamburger...
and can get a nine-year-old to stand under a shower.”
The angel circled the model of a mother very slowly.
“It’s too soft,” she sighed.
” said God excitedly.
“You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure.”
“Can it think?” asked the
angel.
but it can
reason and compromise.” said the Creator.
Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger
across the cheek. “There’s a leak!”
she pronounced. “I told you you’re trying too put
too much into this model.”
“It’s not a leak” said God
“it’s a tear.”
“What’s it for?” asked the
angel.
“It’s for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneliness,
and pride.”
God looked somber.....”I
didn’t put it there.”
Author Unknown
