Dear friend Guy,
I appreciate the way you handled that experience with your Mother.
I am positive in my own mind that God appreciated the love you displayed for her and for God.
God always appreciates it when we do good to the least of them who put their trust in HIM.
Matthew 25:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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Some would say that these verses apply only to fellow believers.
But aren't all persons future believers?
Sharing a heart of true love with the world is a benefit to God's work whether they understand or not.
You have done a good thing.
Indiana Bob