REFLECTIONS ON
ISRAEL AND MOTHER'S DAY
Isaiah 66.13
AS ONE WHOM HIS
MOTHER COMFORTETH,
SO WILL I COMFORT YOU;
AND YE SHALL BE
COMFORTED IN
JERUSALEM.
Thinking today on what the Bible
says about Israel, on her day May 9,
and as to God's view of her,
and of our Mothers.
When Isaiah penned this Word given from God,
the warning of coming destruction and judgment
upon Jerusalem had been already given.
Yet, in all the doom and gloom of the
warnings, here God
gives HIS VIEW.
AS ONE WHOM HIS MOTHER COMFORTETH
ISAIAH 66.13
This is a PROMISE the LORD God gave
to Judah in her time of need.
The warnings of the Prophet Isaiah
to the southern Kingdom of Judah
was that she needed to
repent, and return
to the LORD God.
Judgment was coming on the land.
Warnings were everywhere.
No one wanted to listen.
No one wanted to hear.
Focus on what we are doing,
they thought.
Focus on what was past.
and so they
were listening to
the prophets who told them
good things were coming
and not bad.
These however were false.
Their prophecies were not
from the LORD God.
My Mother and Father with me
as a little baby in June of 1933
Three days old, Daddy graduated
from High School the night I was born.
They were both 17 years old.
When I read the words from this passage
"as one whom his mother comforteth,
so will I comfort you" I find a
quality in the LORD God that usually
does not seem to be
recognized by most.
My Mother was to me my dearest
friend. She nurtured me, from the time
I was conceived until I grew old
enough to do for myself.
Her father wanted her to have
an abortion.
It was not "right" to have this child
he said.
Her husband wanted her to
have an abortion.
He was afraid.
He was young.
He was not ready.
but my Mother had faith
that somehow
God would give ME life.
She said,
I took the abortives
like I was told,
but I prayer
very hard,
God, please let this Baby come.
AND SO I CAME.
A bright brown eyed red head
of a little child.
My father grew to love me.
He listened to me when I told him
things.
My grandfather accepted me
and learned to be fond of me.
Although I never understood
that at this time
there was a sad
thing happening
in the world
to the Jewish people,
I knew SOME THING
was not right.
Most people would say
"I imagine it" but I know what
I heard when I was in
my mother's womb.
It was 1933. Before I was born.
Hitler was speaking on the radio,
and Grandmother, Mother,
and me in Mother's womb were
there, listening to
the harsh
shrill
loud
hateful
voice
of
this man Adolf Hitler.
When I was a little girl of three,
and wandered in my grandmother's
living room, I would see
the radio there and
I remembered
THAT VOICE SO FEARFUL
No one talked about who he was.
I never heard anyone tell
me of what was
happening.
But somehow,
I KNEW WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
In my first day at school
as a Kindergarten student I
attended in Boston MA
to a class there.
A large class of about
sixty of us.
One lady took six of us
into a circle of chairs
to teach us
how to read
with flash cards
and
phonetic sounds.
I noticed on the board
there was a
picture of children
somewhere where they
were also in
class.
They looked sad.
They looked forlorn.
Wistful, solemn, not smiling.
Thin faces.
They must be hungry I thought.
Later I learned that
was a picture from Germany.
It was placed on front page
newspapers everywhere
proclaiming the
goodness of German
Education.
much aware of people and
their feelings.
Here I felt I WAS SUCH A BIG GIRL
FOR GRANDMA TOLD ME I WAS
HELPING HER WEED.
It is now 1938 and the
memories I still
have of the
things I saw in my mind
and my spirit
of the hate
the hurt
the way people
were treating other
people
made me
a little
cautious
about
making friends.
We moved a lot.
I mean, we moved a lot.
Daddy was out of work, looking
for work, and we went with
him. From Adams, MA to
Boston MA and back again
and then returning
to try again.
I found my MOTHER was
indeed MY BEST FRIEND
THE ONE I COULD TALK TO
AND
SHE COMFORTED ME.
As I look back, and
see how God gave
me "impressions" of
the Holocaust, yet
gave me courage to live,
I think now of this passage
in Isaiah which
God told His People
bad things were coming
and it was because
they did not turn to Him.
As I looked at
what happened in the Holocaust
and as I discovered later on,
that the Evil that men do
to others is going to
be judged by the
JUDGE OF ALL
THE LIVING GOD
THE ONLY TRUE GOD
will judge all
the wicked.
As a child, of three, I went
to church on EASTER SUNDAY
only to be placed
in a Nursery
where there were blocks
and toys.
I looked - disappointed -
around - and then I SAW ON THE
WALL BY THE WINDOWS
some pictures
What were these?
I stepped to look closer
and found
EACH ONE BECKONING ME
TO LOOK
so I DID.
IT WAS LIKE I WAS
SURROUNDED BY A GLOW
I WAS UNAWARE OF ANY
THING EXCEPT THE
PICTURES.
As I looked at these pictures
I saw an Angel with a
woman....I thought about that ...
the next picture showed Mary traveling
on a donkey with Joseph by her side.
I did not know their names, but I knew from
Christmas songs who it was...Joseph and Mary.
Then I looked at a picture with Angels
in the night air over the Shepherds.
Then the Shepherds at the Manger.
The next picture showed
the wise men worshipping the Baby.
Jesus as a little boy
helping Joseph in carpentry.
Another picture showed
Jesus teaching the people from
a boat.
Jesus blessing the children.
Jesus
Jesus riding on a donkey
into Jerusalem
people praising God
as he approached
Jesus dying on the cross
between two thieves,
and
Jesus ascending into heaven
from the Disciples looking as he went up.
Brrrinng.......the Bell rang
for the end of the Sunday School time.
NOISES LOUD blocks crashed down,
children crying and talking,
the glow went away
and I was in the
NURSERY ROOM AGAIN.
It was like I had God's Spirit
telling me
THIS IS THE STORY.
LISTEN TO IT.
When I got home, Mother asked
"What did you learn about Jesus?
I said, Mother, I saw some pictures
and I think God was telling me that He came as
a little baby to show us Who God Is and He died
on the Cross but He rose again, so when I grow up I will
find out more about Him.
WHY ? was this important to Mother?
She had already told me,
that "because you are part Jewish, maybe
when you grow up, and find out
Who God Is, you can tell me, and I will
believe.
Here my Mother and I stood in
1955 at Grandmother's house.
I was grown now, in college,
working, and looking toward
serving Christ.
My Mother was my
best friend.
I was able to lead her
to a certainty of faith
in Christ Jesus our Lord,
but I believe her
simple
childlike
faith
was begun
when she had faith
to believe
I would be born.
ISRAEL WILL BE COMFORTED
SO TOO WILL YOU
NO MATTER WHAT THE PAIN
NO MATTER WHAT THE HEARTACHE
NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES
GOD
WILL
COMFORT
US.
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
HAS PROMISED
US
ETERNAL LIFE
if we believe on His Finished Work on the Cross
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
HAS PROMISED
US
A COMFORTER
TO BE WITH US
TO BE DWELLING IN US
AND
THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS
BUT THE COMFORTER
WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST,
WHOM THE FATHER
WILL SEND IN MY NAME;
HE SHALL TEACH
YOU ALL THINGS,
AND BRING ALL
THINGS TO YOUR
REMEMBRANCE
WHATSOEVER
I HAVE SAID UNTO YOU.
John 14.26
TO THE JEW,
WAS GIVEN THE PROMISE
OF A NEW COVENANT
IN
THE PROPHETS.
JOHN 14.6
I AM THE WAY
THE TRUTH
AND THE LIFE,
NO MAN COMETH
UNTO THE FATHER
BUT
BY ME.
JESUS IS COMING AS HE PROMISED
JOHN CHAPTER 14.1 - 3
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED;
YE BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME,
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE
MANY MANSIONS, IF IT WERE NOT SO, I
WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE
FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN,
THAT WEHRE I AM, THERE YE MAY BE
ALSO.
Here I give you a promise too for
the coming generations
Isaiah 54.13
AND ALL THEY CHILDREN
SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD;
AND GREAT SHALL BE
THE PEACE OF THY CHILDREN.
Someday Isreal will see the MILLENIAL REIGN OF CHRIST.
DURING THIS TIME OF 1000 YEARS THERE WILL
BE PEACE IN JERUSALEM
THERE WILL BE LAUGHTER AND JOY
THERE WILL BE THE SOUND OF THE BRIDEGROOM WITH HIS BRIDE,
THE PLANTING OF TREES AND
THE HARVESTING OF CROPS.
THE PROMISE OF GOD TO ISRAEL
IS A PROMISE OF ASSURANCE
TO THE CHRISTIAN
FOR
WE ARE GRAFTED INTO THE ROOT
THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS THE VINE
WE ARE THE BRANCHES.
WE CAN TRUST GOD
TO KEEP HIS PROMISES TO ISRAEL
WE CAN TRUST GOD
TO KEEP HIS PROMISE
TO US AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST JESUS
HIS SON
GOD;S BOOK THE K J V BIBLE
IS TO BE TRUSTED
MATTHEW 4.4 MAN SHALL NOT LIVE
BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD
THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.
PSALM 119..105 THY WORD IS A LAMP
UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
PSALM 12.6,6,7
THE WORDS OF THE LORD ARE PURE WORDS;
AS SILVER TRIED IN A FURNACE OF EARTH,
PURIFIED SEVEN TIMES. THOU SHALT KEEP
THEM, O LORD, THOU SHALT PRESERVE
THEM FROM THIS GENERATION FOR EVER.
JOHN 3.16
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,
THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD
NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
THREE YEARS OLD
ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
1936
HOW GLAD I AM ON MOTHER'S DAY TO SAY
GOD LOVES ME,
AND GOD LOVES YOU.
WHY NOT START TODAY
TO
READING GOD'S WORD
TO FIND HIM
AND TO KNOW HIM
AND TO LOVE HIM
HE WILL COMFORT YOU
AS ONE WHOSE MOTHER COMFORTS HIM.
