Fraternity-Testvériség, 1991 (69. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1991-01-01 / 1. szám
Page 10 TESTVÉRISÉG “TO MOM . . . FROM FAMILY” A dear lady, a faith-filled Christian . . . One who gave of herself generously to the members and friends of our four congregations ... to the Hungarian Reformed Federation family ... to the Hungarian Reformed Church community both here and in Hungary ... a dedicated civil servant, a caring teacher, a devoted friend . . . Margaret Kosa Bertalan, you were certainly all of these, but we were privileged to know you best of all as our wife and mother, our grandmother, our sister, our cousin and our aunt. We were family together. From childhood cuts and scratches, through the aches and pains of adulthood, as a source of strength you stood with your children. You loved, faithfully, our father, Imre . . . and through the love you shared for each other, God granted us life. Through you, our Father in heaven brought us into this world. You then nurtured us and held us. You soothed our early fears and concerns. Over the years you taught us and you prepared us. In wisdom you would guide ... in faith you would encourage ... in love you would discipline, correct and forgive. You helped us to better understand who we are. You helped us to more clearly realize the talents and gifts with which God blessed each of us. You helped us appreciate who we are in relation to others. From you we learned lessons of responsibility and commitment. In you we saw the importance of humility and compassion. You showed us courage. Through you we felt intensely the very nature of love: "love that was patient and kind . . . never jealous or conceited or proud; love that was never ill- mannered or selfish or irritable ... a love that never kept a record of wrongs . . . You were never happy with wrong or evil. You were always happy with what was right, with the truth . . . Your love never gave up . . . and we knew again and again its faith, its hope and its patience. . People were always most important to you . . . People were much more important than the things in your life, and family was at the center. Your love for Dad was reflected in the deepest level of commitment a wife could have for her husband. You were partners for life . . . élettársak voltatok. You worked, you served, you raised your family together. You felt as one with his family in Hungary as he felt as one with your family here. You loved Ernie and Barbara, your brother and second sister. Mark, Brian & Karen, their children, were unto you as your own. In cousins Helen & Martin, in Aunt Elizabeth, are ties to many family members who have gone on ahead.
