In Remembrance of the Wonderful Headmistress of our Local Christian School
Mrs. M. was most definitely greeted by our Lord with,
“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Matthew 25:21
We knew Mrs. M. and her family since my parents first began homeschooling my sister in the early eighties. She was a professional teacher who homeschooled her own three children, and then she began to educate other children who needed her until she had a full-fledged private Christian school. When running her school, she continued to be very supportive of homeschoolers and even offered her school for art/music/sports, etc. every Friday. My children and I visited there on Fridays for almost three years. We have many memories of those years.
Mrs. M.’s school was home to a variety of children from various circumstances and backgrounds. There were Christian children, doctors’ children, poor children, children too smart for the system, challenged children, previously bullied children, children given up on by the public schools, etc. There were even children of other religions (like Muslim) whose parents wanted something better for their children than the public school system. Mrs. M. was a loving servant to each one.
“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:40
When I think of how Mrs. M. loved, helped, and encouraged the many children who went to her school over the years, she reminds me of Lady Liberty.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
And this was the way it was at Mrs. M.’s school,
“Even the people that you reject can make it here.”
Glenn Beck
Mrs. M. passed away at the age of 63. She has three grown children (late 20′s, early 30′s) and a little grandson. Their father also died just a few years ago. May God bless them.
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You said it so beautifully!
To know her was to love her! It was a privilege to call her a friend.
What a beautiful tribute. . . so good to be reminded of how God has His people in the world to show His love so clearly.