My parents departed for heaven a couple of decades ago.\u00a0 There are times I really miss my Dad.\u00a0 Those times usually revolve around sporting events or ministry situations. But when I miss my Mom, it\u2019s different. She was a Registered Nurse, and while she didn\u2019t learn this in Nursing School, she did understand the value of a kiss.\u00a0 At least until I was married and away from her home, every time I complained of some ailment, her reply was, \u201cCome here and let me kiss it and make it well.\u201d\u00a0 Somehow, some miraculous way, her kisses always made it well. Week before last I took a nasty fall.\u00a0 I won\u2019t bore you with all the details since they have been well documented, but let\u2019s just say I had a number of places on my body needing a motherly kiss. \u00a0As\u00a0 I got up off the asphalt parking lot, I had several needs.\u00a0 I needed a handkerchief to wipe the blood on my face.\u00a0 I needed somehow to\u00a0 get back to my hotel room in the midst of my dizziness.\u00a0 I needed to get in touch with my Dr.\u00a0 I needed an ice pack for my swollen knee. I needed pain medicine. But more than any of these needs, I needed my mother\u2019s kisses.\u00a0 So,\u00a0 a word to the mothers and grandmothers, kiss your kids often.\u00a0 Let them store up a supply so when you are gone, they will remember.\u00a0 And if your mother is still alive,\u00a0 don\u2019t shy away from her kisses.\u00a0 Even if you think you no longer need them, there will come a day when you do, and the only ones you have are in your memory. It is an anonymous quote, but a good one: \u201cThe best medicine in the world is a mother\u2019s kiss.\u201d\u00a0 The Bible speaks often of a \u201choly kiss\u201d (Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 16:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:16).\u00a0 Surely, there is no kiss more holy, than that of a mother to her hurting child.<\/p>\n
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