A STORY ABOUT A MOM

Solomon Rosenberg, his wife, their two sons and his parents were arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp. Their crimethey were Jews. It was a labor camp, and the rules were simple. As long as you can do your work, you are permitted to live. When you become too weak to do your work, then you are exterminated.

Rosenberg watched his mother and father marched off to their deaths, and he knew that next would be his youngest son, David, because David had always been a frail child.

Every evening Rosenberg came back into the barracks after his hours of labor and searched for the faces of his family. When he found them they would huddle together, embrace one another and thank God for another day of life.

One day Rosenberg came back and didnt see those familiar faces. He finally discovered his oldest son, Joshua, in a corner, huddled, weeping and praying. He said, Josh, tell me its not true. Joshua turned and said, It is true, poppa. Today David was not strong enough to do his work. So they came for him.
But where is your mother? asked Mr. Rosenberg. Oh poppa, he said, When they came for David, he was afraid and he cried. Momma said, There is nothing to be afraid of, David, and she took his hand and went with him.

I tried to check this story on the internet to find out if it was true or not, and the story seems to have made the rounds. I question if it is true due to the way the Nazis separated families at the concentration camps, but it still is a powerful lesson about a mothers love.

Can we ever really know the power and strength that we have because of a mothers love? Can we ever really know the commitment they make to rear their children? Can we ever really know their love and passion for wanting what is best for their family?

Mom is often the glue that holds a family together. In the beginning, when God made woman, He knew that her greatest fulfillment would be in being the help meet for the man and a mother for her children. We read the stories of women in scripture who made a difference, both for good and ill, in the lives of their children. And we challenge each woman here to look at her life and see if she is making a difference for good in the lives of her family.

This story also teaches the lesson of the love of God for humankind in offering His Son on the cross for the remission of our sins. It is because of Jesus death, burial and resurrection we can face death, knowing that it is not the end of life. Jesus has already walked through the veil of death and led the way for us to go. There is nothing to fearas the Psalmist says in Psalms 23, Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me We dont have to face death aloneJesus, the Good Shepherd, will be with us the whole way.

What a Savior!