Last summer I discovered Doris Coffin Aldrich, wife of the former president of Multnomah School of the Bible, and her excellent devotionals written before she died in a car accident in the late 1950's. I love her book Musings of a Mother. Here's an example of her work which blesses a mother's heart.
What First in Heaven?
The children were finishing their lunch. Timmie and Virginia, the twins, were over by the dining-room window eating at their own small table. Every so often the white ruffled curtains suffered a tug from sticky little fingers.
Jon studied a bread crust and with a dreamy expression asked, “What will we do the first thing in heaven, Mommie?”
Mommie paused in buttering bread and answered, “What would you like to do, son?” The others all hastened to speak and the twins looked up, surprised at the sudden outburst of conversation.
“I would like to thank the Lord for all the things and because He loves us,” said Jon.
Joe hastened to add, “I’d like to start playing. Will there be toys and things?”
Jane looked up from her dish of carrots, “Well, I’d like to go for a walk with the Lord Jesus and all the angels.” Mommie smiled to herself as she thought how many there would be.
“And you can’t fight up there, Becky,” said Joe with an air of finality. Nothing daunted, Becky continued to eat out the center of her slice of bread and jelly, carefully avoiding the crust.
“What do you want to do first, Mommie?” they asked. What do I want to do first. . .How can one tell them of what it will mean to see Him, to look into His face, to feel that nearness of His dear presence? How can one express what it will mean to know heart-yearning fully satisfied? Only the measure of longing here gives an indication of what it will be to see Him there, “. . . whom having not seen we love.” And to be in His presence unashamed, complete in Him—all because of what He did for us! This will be heaven.
And so Mommie looked at them and answered, “The first thing I want to do is to see the Lord Jesus.” And they were satisfied.
3 comments:
Thanks, Ann. Sounds like a great book. I'll have to put it on my wish list. :)
Michelle
I just wanted to let you know that Doris was my grandmother. She wrote wonderful entries about her children (one of which is my mother, "Becky" in the article). I appreciate the fact that you are touched by her musings and deep love of the Lord. She has been with Him for many years now.
-K. Smith (granddaughter)
I think it is amazing that you found this blog and made this comment--I assume you googled your grandmother's name and found it that way? Your grandmother was a woman of profound insight and profound pen as well. She may be gone for a number of years now--I believe close to 50?--but her ministry lives on. Thanks so much for your comment--it was a blessing to me today. --Ann
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