I'm joining in the Sunday singalong for this week, even though it is almost time for the next one!

   I was looking on the internet for another Steve Green song when I came across this one - 'Children are a Treasure from the Lord'. This song is one that my Dad sang to us when I was younger. I was the one starting to 'drive the car', and my youngest brother was 'just starting his school days'! So this one really spoke of my whole family at that time!

   We also got the biggest kick out of this since I was 18 when I met Dh and my Dad used to remind me that I wasn't allowed to go on a date for another 3 years - when I was 21!!! LOL!

   This morning the song has had me sitting here crying my eyes out!! First of all my children really are a treasure since we now know that having any full term pregnancies was a miracle with my conditions!! Secondly, I'm missing my other five babies at the moment.  Not sure why, I just am.

   But most of all this just convicted me. Yesterday I was loosing it with them all, upset by their naughtiness, disobedience and defiance!!  All of which is worthy of being disciplined but not of my total frustration and my short fuse. I had just had enough of them all last night. Now I realise that I simply forgot that they are 'treasures from the Lord' for me to care for and protect and love for the time I have them (even the foster children are treasures from the Lord for a time).

   Hold them closer today, tell them you love them one more time, read another chapter (the dishes will wait another half hour!), give three extra hugs to each, and most of all remember to thank God for the gift of them!! Remember that treasure is a precious thing that should be looked after with extra special care! This is a reminder I needed this week, and I hope it encourages you too! Enjoy the song and reach for the tissues first!