Half a Dozen

Cody

Cody, my oldest son (11),  he's so much like me in so many ways..but let's not talk about that right now.  I love him to death.  He makes me soo proud of him, yet it seems like I'm on his case about something or other way too often.  I need to learn to bless him more rather than curse him.  Honest, I'm always saying what he could've done better or why didn't he do this or howcome he did that?  I know that if I keep doing this, eventually he won't want to be around me, well he has no choice now, but when he is of age he will have a choice. 

He's amzing though, soo very talented.  God has blessed him with this awesome ability to play an instrument without any formal lessons.  He's picked up the ukulele and soon after that it was the guitar and soon after that it was the drums.  And the neat thing,...he's on our church's worship team.  For a while he was on the drums, but now someone has taken his place and he is now playing his passion, which is the guitar.  It amazes me how well he picks up on the chords.  He'll sit on the computer searching for new chords and teaching himself for hours and at the end he'll have learned a whole new song and he sounds good too!

My husband is always telling him to make sure he plays from the heart and not to forget to use his talent for God's glory.  We just so want the best for our son.  He is not only talented when it comes to an instrument , but in so many other ways.  He is beyond helpful around the house.  If I left the house cleaning up to my son and he had to keep it clean, there is no doubt he would.  He's very thoughtful of others and he's a great friend.  He almost always has a project going.  Whether he is in the dirt digging and gardening or in the trees building a fort or making some sort of contraption.  The Lord has a great plan for this young man.

Thank you Lord, for this fine young man that you have given me to raise.  I pray that I'm not doing too bad of a job.  I'm sorry for my attitude towards him at times and I pray that I could be the best mom that I could be to him , the mom that You have created me to be.  Amen.