A Mother Asks…

Receiving this anonymous author email, it is an ‘interlude’.

It is very simple…

“A mother asked President GW Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"

A mother asked President Clinton, "Why did my son have to die in Saudi Arabia?"

A mother asked President GHW Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Kuwait?"

Another mother asked President Johnson, "Why did my son have to die in Vietnam?"

Another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea?"

Another mother asked President FD Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to die on Iwo Jima?"

Another mother asked President W. Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on a battlefield in France?"

Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"

And yet another mother asked President Washington, "Why did my son have to die on a frozen field near Valley Forge?"

Then long, long ago, a mother asked..."Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"

The answer is the same --"So that others may have life, peace, happiness, and freedom."”

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Here is the difference:

The offer from 2000 years ago is still available today...

Life: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

That is the offer of the cross - everlasting life.

Peace: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7

“Peace of God”, it says is beyond understanding - but it is capable of GUARDING our hearts and minds.

Happiness: Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” John 15:11

Jesus offered us HIS joy.

Freedom: “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” Romans 6:16-18

It says we are free from sin that leads to death - both its power and its penalty.