Good morning
everyone. God has awarded me a quiet and
peaceful moment today and, as is usual, I turned to my thoughts. He and He alone, knows, when we need our
moments of reflection and our body needs quiet times as well. Many of the thoughts that never leave us are
weeds and they want desperately to invade these moments so I have spent a
lifetime trying to “weed” that little garden. I would love for everyone in the
world who needs an oasis today to have one and please use it to pour water over
a crusty heart or broken soul. We spend
too much time racing to pour a drop of water into an ocean only to see it go
out with the tide and behind, beside or even in front of us is a moment in time
that may never come our way again.
I am full
circle now with my children, well almost anyway. They are not grandparents but they are struggling
with adult children and empty nests and all that comes with that. It is not an easy road but borrow those
glimpses, you know the ones; the moments in time that will make you laugh and
expand your heart again today. My grandchildren
are a delightful group of artists! It
shows up in “grande’ ways” I can assure you.
To watch an adult grandchild reach out to another person unselfishly and
put that person first with a pure, loving heart is a testament to a wonderful
parent. To hear a grandchild play music
to the One who bestowed the heart of desire to them, is a joy not
describable. Oh they truly all march to
their own music and sometimes you, as parents, will not understand that.
Leading is so much harder than telling. Did
you ever say to yourself, “how many times have I told him/her that?” Well, please do not stress over that nonsense
because praying for that child allows us to know that at the precise time, and
with someone else, they will learn it! I
always, always, have asked God to give my children the right people in their
lives and the exact right time and God never sleeps! You know the old cliches’ including the one, “teach
a child to fish and he will never be hungry.”
Trust me you have dedicated all of this time teaching so many things
good mostly, but also the bad or hurtful.
That in itself is a learning curve even if you wish it did not
exist.
It isn’t
always what you do, but how you do that turns the tide. I know a water rush may be a challenge to
controlling individuals looking for adventure but that high tide can drown a
parent in torment if one allows it to. I
know you hear me quote the KJV on this verse but it is Fitting. “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
in pitchers of silver.” Plant that painting in your mind’s eye and think about
it.
“Speaking of
painting.” Think about this. When your children were born God presented
you with a white art board. You and I
were far too young and inexperienced to grasp that thought, at that time! But think about it for a bit. How many times you must have painted outside
the lines, this is not a paint by number
you know, and how many times did you just pour paint off the board completely
and turn around and wonder why the child never got that? Now they are striking out on their own and
you want to know how on earth they will ever do it!!!!!!!!! Then you look inside and remember all of the
dumb times and how many times you messed up with them. Hey they got the big picture. They may seem as if they are tuned out but
their storage tank is probably running on overload right now while you are
having a cram session! Don’t worry they
will be in touch over and over and over again!
Just not usually when you know your heart and mind need to hear from
them. “Like right this minute so I can continue on with my day.”
Now God has
generously given you a new white, art board.
Take the other one and frame it for later when they are parents and need
a hug. There is a big difference in the
two boards anyway because you are no longer the 1st chair!!! You get to wait for them to paint on this
board so you will see and know.
Controlling people with struggle with this one so take a moment and
breathe. Give them room to grow off your
old board with lots of love and prayer.
They have the brush now, so open your grateful heart and breathe,
knowing with complete certainty that God never sleeps, and He loves them more
than you ever could and with good reason.
He knows where they are really going!
Oh, I remembered the two things I have prayed generously yet selfishly
for my children all of the years they have been in my care.
1. Wisdom
2. A Couregeous
Heart
With wisdom
from God they will flourish and with the courageous heart they will have the courage to act on the wisdom. King Solomon
did not build his house. God’s wisdom
built that entire kingdom for him but God, who is wise enough to allow us to do
all of these things on this earth while he oversees, gave Solomon the
opportunity to act on the gifts that He, God, gave to him. Now my weary travelers, that is
opportunity" To those bold, young courageous hearts, "march on in this same wisdom."
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