2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, do not be negligent now; for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him and serve Him, to minister before Him and to burn incense.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

regarding the 2nd thought

15, 13, 11. - they're growing up as fast as everyone warned us they would.  It's becoming tradition to watch old home videos on the kids' birthdays.  So, on Ellie's birthday we watched a hilarious video we made several Christmases ago.  It kind of felt like an Ebeneezer Scrooge and Ghost of Christmas Past moment as we peeked into happy moments of a young family.  

Later, we were talking about how hard surrounding circumstances were at the time the video was made.  Trevor was just starting his business at Edward Jones and we had recently moved away from all that was familiar.  But if we didn't know that background and all we had to go by was the video, we would assume that all was well. 

Two thoughts: 1. What a great picture of what the home should be - a safe haven.
                      2. What a great picture of how we need to be transparent with our 
                          challenges and not just record and project that everything's great
                          when, in truth, we're struggling.

I guess I'll start (regarding the 2nd thought).  I was not a good mom to my oldest son yesterday.  I was immature and easily angered.  He desires all the things we prayed he would desire and is serving God with his life; he's a terrific son.  But, I managed to nit-pick at a few irritants and ruined our day together.  Yuck.






Praying for no yuck today on my part.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

God's grace and forgiveness is so great and we are reminded of that every time we go to Him with our failures. Perhaps then our capacity to forgive is enlarged because we, once again, have been granted such great grace. We become more aware of those opportunities to extend that same mercy to others. The continuous cycle of receiving God's forgiveness and being merciful and forgiving to others never ends!

Anonymous said...

Ah Mama....you are a perfect example of a very good one. There shall be valley's in raising children...if there were none, we wouldn't know the difference when we reach those mountains. The climb is always the most difficult; however, the scenery along the way is what the memories are made from. Saying all that sounds kind of deep and really what I wish to say that probably all parents have had moments like you described. The greatest part of it all is when we recognize our shortcomings and work on them. Your precious son loves you and I believe when he becomes a father he will be a great one (like our Nick) just because he had some of the best parents on this planet. I am very proud of you both and because we don't get to have one on ones very often, I don't get to tell you things like I would love to.
May you and your dear family be blessed and continue to work, play, and communicate closely as you do and in the end you will see success! I promise!!

Love you bunches,
Aunt Tammy