{"id":261,"date":"2014-05-09T13:31:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/?p=261"},"modified":"2014-05-09T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T13:31:01","slug":"carry-me-to-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Carry Me To Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died (II Kings 4:18-20).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Carry Me To Mother<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Carry me to mother,&#8221; is the cry of every lad,<br \/>\nWho knows the pain of heartbreak, of a life that has gone bad.<br \/>\nFor none can feel like mother, all the deepest cuts in life,<br \/>\nOr bind up all the wounds that come from facing down the strife.<\/p>\n<p>Carry me to mother, when my heart is full of joy,<br \/>\nFor no one cares like mother for the triumphs of her boy.<br \/>\nNo smile can match her beaming face or the sparkle in her eye<br \/>\nwhen she cherishes the moment with a joy that makes her cry.<\/p>\n<p>Carry me to mother when my tears begin to flow,<br \/>\nFor how to make the hurting stop she always seems to know.<br \/>\nCarry me to mother when my laughter fills the air,<br \/>\nFor I would know no happiness unless she&#8217;s always there.<\/p>\n<p>Carry me to mother when I yearn for something more,<br \/>\nThan all the mundane trifles that life throws at my door.<br \/>\nFor who but mom can manage to instill in me the hope,<br \/>\nTo seek greater horizons and a life of broader scope.<\/p>\n<p>Carry me to mother when the days are long and drear,<br \/>\nLet her sing to me once more the precious hymns I love to hear.<br \/>\nLet her read to me the word of God and open up my heart,<br \/>\nand with her kind encouragement the will of God impart.<\/p>\n<p>Carry me to mother when my life fulfills its days,<br \/>\nWhen all the joys and sorrows cease and the sun shines no more rays.<br \/>\nAnd if the will of God I&#8217;ve done and a crown of life I win,<br \/>\nThen before the throne of God I&#8217;ll stand and see her once again.<\/p>\n<p>Eric L. Padgett, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,87],"tags":[138],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mother","category-mothers-day","tag-mothers-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvchurchofchrist.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}