Greatest Moment.

Topics: Mothers, Priorities

Manse Anderson, perhaps the greatest soprano who ever lived had such a
wonderful relationship with her mother. It was said of Mrs. Anderson's
life: her music could bring one to tears; her life could bring one to
their knees. she was once being interviewed and she was asked the most
wonderful moment in her most impressive career. She could have mentioned
that time when the great Arturo Toscanini told her that hers was the
greatest voice of the century. She could have mentioned that time when
she sang before the Roosevelts and the King and Queen of England. She
could have said winning it was winning a coveted award for the person
who had done the most for her hometown of Philadelphia. There was also
the time when she sang before a crowd of 75,000 on Easter Sunday beneath
the Lincoln statue. Which of these high moments would she chose? None of
them. My greatest moment, she said, is when I went home to my mother and
said: Mom, you'll never have to take in washing again. If this
relationship can exist between a mother and a daughter, then how much
more can be our relationship with Jesus Christ. I am the true vine he
said. As the father has loved me, so I love you. And what happens when
we abide in him and he abides in us? Our joy will be made full. Amen.