Man #1: “Hi Mom, here are some flowers for Mother's Day to show my appreciation for your nurturing and careful loving of us children."

Mom: "Oh thanks honey, how sweet!" Mom thinking: I was hoping for more, maybe tickets to Hawaii.

Man #2: "'Hi Mom, there's a Lexus in the driveway. You raised such a good son that I thought you should reap a percentage of my earnings. Plus, I need to get rid of a few thousand dollars or the auditors might inspect me."

Mom: "Well your such a good son, I knew I went right with you, too bad my other kids gave up their lives to serve God; I might have a new garage to go with that."

Man #3: "Mom, I've been putting this off too long, but here's a gift of all gifts that I could get you." Mom opens her package.

Mom: "A Bible?"

"Yeah Mom, it has the words of Christ in it. He is the resurrection and the life. If you reject Him you'll be thrown into Hell; please read it."

Mom: "Why Tommy, I never thought you would say such a thing! You should know if anybody is going to heaven your mother is; I spent seven hours in labor with you! Where did I go wrong?"

Jesus: If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

Matt Simonson

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