Hello Son!
I've been real busy this entire week, but I bet not as tired as you. According to the one email I received from you, life has been quite hectic since Day 1.
This is a great time to relay to you what I've done when I get really busy. Crazy busy.
My usual reaction to being busy is to complain. That is the unfortunate truth. I usually let those around me know that I am busy and miserable. Frowns are a requirement for this reaction.
Sometimes - not as often as I'd like - I prepare myself before I get that terrible feeling of never-ending-activity. Thoughts and desires of "I will do all things without grumbling or complaining", or "I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me" preface this conscious decision to NOT complain.
We all have a choice in our RE-action. Our circumstance should not have an effect on what our spirit or response to it is. With God's Word constantly filtering thru our minds, we can be prepared for whatever HE puts us thru. We can live purposefully and proactively looking for what God has in store for us in our present situation(s).
Just a few thoughts for you (but mostly a reminder to me!) while you are adjusting.
Son, "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" despite your circumstances.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Day 2 - Heritage
Dear son,
Let me ask you a question. What would you be like without the mother God gave you?
Do you realize that you were chosen (twice)? First, God chose you as His own. Second, he chose you to be your mother's only son. I think that both of these selections are spectacular. God loves you so much, he has given his BEST just for you.
Have you ever dwelled on the thought of what your mother has done for you?
She bore you (in MUCH pain - I know, I was there).
She fed, cleaned, bathed, comforted, disciplined, prayed and taught you in your early years.
She continued all of that (minus the bathing part) PLUS shuttled you around to soccer, Awana and music, she taught you as your school teacher, did your laundry, cleaned your room (after giving you MANY opportunities to do this yourself!), prepared your birthday cakes and parties and took you on Mommy dates during your middle years. She did all this while constantly lifting her heart to our Heavenly Father - faithfully submitting to His will and not her own.
In your teen years, she took you to music practice, morning manna, youth group band practice, Hancock, American Eagle, more Mommy dates and MANY times to Starbucks. She cut your hair, dyed it, taught you how to alter things with the sewing machine, read you God's Word constantly, encouraged you and LISTENED to you.
Now... well, now her actions are a lot more behind the scenes (as it should be). She prays for you even more! Even today, she took 20% of her waking hours to go find the things that you left behind or forgot before leaving.
These are only a few drops in the bucket of love that your Mother has faithfully been filling each day of your life.
She's an AWESOME women. Please let her know that! Your words of encouragement will never repay all that she has done for you, but it's not a bad start.
Let me ask you a question. What would you be like without the mother God gave you?
Do you realize that you were chosen (twice)? First, God chose you as His own. Second, he chose you to be your mother's only son. I think that both of these selections are spectacular. God loves you so much, he has given his BEST just for you.
Have you ever dwelled on the thought of what your mother has done for you?
She bore you (in MUCH pain - I know, I was there).
She fed, cleaned, bathed, comforted, disciplined, prayed and taught you in your early years.
She continued all of that (minus the bathing part) PLUS shuttled you around to soccer, Awana and music, she taught you as your school teacher, did your laundry, cleaned your room (after giving you MANY opportunities to do this yourself!), prepared your birthday cakes and parties and took you on Mommy dates during your middle years. She did all this while constantly lifting her heart to our Heavenly Father - faithfully submitting to His will and not her own.
In your teen years, she took you to music practice, morning manna, youth group band practice, Hancock, American Eagle, more Mommy dates and MANY times to Starbucks. She cut your hair, dyed it, taught you how to alter things with the sewing machine, read you God's Word constantly, encouraged you and LISTENED to you.
Now... well, now her actions are a lot more behind the scenes (as it should be). She prays for you even more! Even today, she took 20% of her waking hours to go find the things that you left behind or forgot before leaving.
These are only a few drops in the bucket of love that your Mother has faithfully been filling each day of your life.
She's an AWESOME women. Please let her know that! Your words of encouragement will never repay all that she has done for you, but it's not a bad start.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Day 1 - The Beginning
No rules and no fancy introduction.
It started TODAY. What a drag and yet what an awesome experience! A total Paradox for a father. Especially with the oldest - the first.
Last night trying to fall asleep was gut wrenching - pleasant memories yet many regrets. Maybe God has more plans and training for me than him! I'm beginning to personally realize that parenting is not necessarily about molding and shepherding a child, it is much more that. It has something to do with God filing away some rough spots on the mother and father - teaching more to them than the kids!
The room and house are empty without him. Soccer practice was mechanical. So was dinner.
Leaving was awful, just awful. Perhaps it would be best memorialized as "But I'm not done yet". But guess what? The One who really can CHANGE someone isn't anywhere close to being done with my son... or me!
Quote for today - to my son
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” - John Wesley
It started TODAY. What a drag and yet what an awesome experience! A total Paradox for a father. Especially with the oldest - the first.
Last night trying to fall asleep was gut wrenching - pleasant memories yet many regrets. Maybe God has more plans and training for me than him! I'm beginning to personally realize that parenting is not necessarily about molding and shepherding a child, it is much more that. It has something to do with God filing away some rough spots on the mother and father - teaching more to them than the kids!
The room and house are empty without him. Soccer practice was mechanical. So was dinner.
Leaving was awful, just awful. Perhaps it would be best memorialized as "But I'm not done yet". But guess what? The One who really can CHANGE someone isn't anywhere close to being done with my son... or me!
Quote for today - to my son
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” - John Wesley
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