WHITE FLOWERS
The dawn is breaking on a
brand new day,
The dawn is awakening to a very
special day...
I pick up the flowers my
children gave to me,
A corsage of great beauty made
especially for me
To wear on this day - one day
of the year,
To show love and respect to one
we hold dear.
The petals of each flower are so
delicate and new,
Emotions stir within me as I
reflect upon you.
I stare at the flowers with their
petals so light,
And I wish you were here; I wish it
with all my might.
To see you, to touch you, to talk
with you once more,
But you are not here and my heart cries
out, nevermore, nevermore.
I look at the flowers as I wipe
my tears away.
It is white flowers that I wear on
this special day.
Oh, why, I question God, did you
take her away?
Why must I wear white flowers on
Mother's Day?
White flowers, white flowers, where did
this tradition start?
White flowers, white flowers, you cause
pain within my heart.
You bring back memories of the
day of her passing,
From life on this earth to a life
that is everlasting.
White flowers with ribbons to be
pinned upon my chest,
White flowers to honor a mother who
has been laid to rest.
I touch your ribbons and I look
at your bows,
Why I must wear white flowers only
the Father knows.
"He giveth life and He taketh
it away."
It was His will, but Lord, how
it hurts today.
I pick up my flowers, I pin
them to my chest,
I put on a smile and I try to
look my best.
My tears and my heartaches I try
so hard to hide,
White flowers for
you...
I'll wear with great
pride.
Joyce Adcock
Porter
Copyright 1988--All
Rights Reserved
In memory of Nellie Adcock & Della
Coley, May 10, 1988
My bride of 54 years wrote the above beautiful poem
titled,
"White
Flowers" in memory and honor of her Mother Nellie
Adcock who died August 7, 1974. The White Flowers hyperlink is
an audio recording of her reading her poem in The
Wadesboro
Church of God on May 8, 1988.
There is additional information about Mother's
Day at Mother's
Day 2022. and
Mother's Day 2016.
Web page published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on
05-03-2022.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
