Luke 11:27 (NIV) As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you."
In Sources of Strength, former President Jimmy Carter recalls: "I had just been inaugurated, walked down Pennsylvania Avenue, reviewed the parade with my family, and then begun to walk with my family, for the first time, toward the White House. Eager news reporters with cameras surrounded us, and my press secretary said, 'Don't anyone stop to answer questions.' Typically, Mama ignored him and stopped to talk to the press. The first question was 'Miss Lillian, aren't you proud of your son?'" "Mama replied, 'Which one?' " —Terry Fisher
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "FAMILY".
