I was blessed to have two wonderful parents. My dad was a hard worker, a great athlete, and my role model. He was quick-witted and was a kind and gentle man. My mother was the matriarch of our family. She was an excellent cook and baker and a person that I could discuss anything with. I quite often got teased about being a mama’s boy and that I was. Until this day, I have been proud of that. I often say that the closest you get to the love of God is that of a mother’s love.
In 1982 my mother was diagnosed with serious breast cancer and the prognosis was not very promising. My mother was not negative in any way with her prognosis. She often said, “With God, anything is possible and without hope, we have nothing.” My mother lived for twenty more years to enjoy each day of her life with hope for the future.
I believe that part of being a good steward is to be hopeful of our future and to believe that with God all things are possible. No matter what we experience throughout our lives, there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel and that light is Jesus Christ and the new hope he brings to each of us.
May we continue to give our time, talent, and treasure with both a joyful and a hopeful heart.
Love,
Deacon John