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Laurie wrote a great blog remembering when her kids were little. In it she shares with us - "So many of you moms are on a wonderful path, journaling while your children are little. Don't give it up! You will be surprised at how reading it later will refresh memories for you and your children! Don't stop just because they are getting older, and not as "cute" every day. There are still things to treasure, wisdom showing itself for the first time, the trials of a child becoming independent. Don't delete your blogs! Print them out, scrapbook them. Keep journaling."
I wanted to share something I need to journal about one of my older kids. (He is still cute tho! lol) John was very disappointed this goround when his candidate lost - again. But more importantly, we lost the House (and finally the Senate also). It was hard. To work sooo hard and do so much and then have to accept defeat and loss.
One of his fellow campaigners said it best. Jeremy said, "The next two years are going to be rough, but God is good."
I praise God for the precious people he has put in my children's lives. I am moved to tears to think of it. People that help them keep the main thing the main thing, people that help them keep their eyes on God - even when the going is tough, people that inspire them to be more and do more, people that make them want to be better, people that encourage and edify and lift. God has so so richly blessed us.
While John was gone I was doing some reading on a group called Covenant Players. A missionary drama group that I am sure Mr. W will be with one day as soon as the Lord makes it possible health and financially wise. There were many stories in the anniversary newsletter and one in particular I shared with John after he said he felt like it was all for nothing. I share it here for you:
"Seattle, Washington, a 6:00 AM program for a Christian businessmen’s group. The audience was busy during the play doing their daily reports and talking to each other. This was one of those shows you walk away saying ‘they didn’t get it’. "Six months later... Seattle, Washington. "We picked up our schedule and there it was – 6:00 AM Christian businessmen’s group. I pulled into the hotel parking lot at 5:30, and went in to find the room we would be working in. Standing in the empty lobby, hanging up my coat, I heard someone yell, ‘Hey, you!’ Since no one else was around I figured it was for me. Sure enough, a 30+ man in a three-piece suit and coat was rapidly descending on us. "’You’re those Players from LA. Boy, you sure caused me to think. You did that play about what do you believe. I pride myself in being well organized in my thinking, so I went to work, sat down at my desk to write out what I believe. I’d write something down, look at it, then tear it up and write again and again, until it finally dawned on me that I really didn’t know what I believed. Thanks. I’m working on getting it straight.’ "If my mind wasn’t in a swirl, I’m sure I could have heard God saying, ‘See? He got it.’ "This took place 40 years ago, and I’d have to say it was one of many messages the Lord let me get when I wasquestioning the value of my efforts. It was and is a very sustaining message that has kept me going over the years."
I shared that story with John and told him his efforts were not wasted. I told him we will never know this side of heaven all that was accomplished on his trip. But God knows. And nothing we ever do for God is wasted! He calls, we obey - nuff said. Leave all the details and outcome to Him - He's pretty good at all that stuff!
I did not tell John it was good for the experience it gave him, or that it was still fun. He is too old for that, and the overall picture matters to him. Of that I am glad. He is a man now.
These are some things I need to journal about my older kids. I think I will want to remember this.
John did do one cute thing. He left a 4 am wake up call for Wed - in the room he LEFT! He got moved from 303 to 314 Monday! LOL - he is such a stinker! |
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