• Aug. 27, 2007 - Good talk with my MIL last night.....
Ok, so I have allowed myself to succomb a bit to some pride and a bit of arrogance here lately. I have climbed on soapboxes and preached my "newfound wisdom" to the world whether they like it or not. Anyone who knows me that people like me are my pet peeve so it's interesting that I've become that way. Well, last night I was on the phone with my MIL and we were talking about her recent visit to MY parent's house for the baby shower and we got on the subject of parenting and teen rebellion, what-not, which seems to be an issue that the Lord has been bringing up over and over. Well, in my utmost of wise voices I told her, "we will not be going through that so much because of thi and that and this way that we parent and that way that we believe and this that we do and that in which we do not do and will not allow and besides we're Christians and we PRAY for them AND we HOMESCHOOL blah blah blah blah....."
She is very quiet.....very very quiet........and then she says, "Yes, Katrina, I did all of that as well......"
Well, she didn't homeschool.....BUT.....other than that.....Carl was a hellraiser (pardon the term) when he was a kid. He drank, partied, did some drugs, you name it, it was done......in a Christian household.
So, it is my belief that we all have some sort of disfunction in our households......whether it be the "big" things like porn addiction or the little things like a tendency toward legalism or pride....... It truly is by the grace of God that our kids make the choices that they need to make when we are not watching. I have really enjoyed a book by Ted Tripp called "Sheparding our Child's Hearts". Which is, as the title suggests, all about the heart of our children.
So, basically, I have no answers except to know that try as I might, my kids are in God's hands--their hearts are His right now and I have to do my part to really pray for them NOW that they will indeed know Him later and seek Him. Carl is a godly growing man of God now at the age of 38. At the age of 21 he decided he needed to stop goofing off and really commit his life to the Lord. Is he perfect? No. Has he arrived, no way....... Has God used what happened to him in his early years to shape who he is now? Absolutely.
Lord, protect Carl's and my hearts and my kid's hearts. Help us all to glorify you in all that we do knowing that, ultimately, the glory is yours and yours alone. |
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