PATIENCE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS I TRULY LACK. HONESTLY, I HATE IT!! I WANT THINGS DONE AND I WANT THEM DONE NOW! BUT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT I AM IN TRUE NEED OF IT. THAT IS NOT TO BE SAID THAT THERE ARE NOT OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. IN ORDER TO HAVE PATIENCE I BELIEVE ONE MUST HAVE GRACE, HUMILITY, AND MOST OF ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT...LOVE. ALL THESE THINGS INTER-TWINE TOGETHER AND YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.
YESTERDAY MY SON HAD A FRIEND WHOM GOT SLOPPY/SCARY WASTED DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT WAS CLOSE TO ALCOHOL POISONING, AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY COULD HANDLE AN ADULT SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CHILDREN. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT, AND I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT THEY LEARNED THEIR LESSON. BUT THAT'S NOT MY POINT, OF COURSE THERE IS MORE TO MY STORY. SEE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOY WHO DID THIS, AND HE HAS BEEN DOING STUPID STUFF LIKE THIS FOR AWHILE NOW. AND I FINALLY GOT TO SPEAK WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THE BOY IS MAD, HE'S PISSED AT THE WORLD THINKING THAT EVERYONE "HAS EVERYTHING AND HE HAS NOTHING". THIS IS WHAT OUR WORLD HAS COME TO, JUDGEMENT OF A LIFE BY A 1 SECOND PICTURE. THESE KIDS THINK THAT, "IF A PERSON IS SMILING IN A PICTURE THEY MUST BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME". BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE AND I THINK ADULTS ARE GUILTY OF THAT ALSO. WE ARE JUDGING PEOPLE'S LIVES BY A 1 SECOND PICTURE AND THEN COMPARING IT TO OUR DAILY, MINUTE BY MINUTE LIVES. WE CAN'T DO THAT!!!! BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO THAT. IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR LIVES BACK!!! IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN BACK!!!
I THINK THESE KIDS ARE TESTING PARENTS TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THEM. AND WE ARE FAILING THEM. I'M GUILTY OF IT. MY OLDEST SON DID THE SAME THING AND WE KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE HIS SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE JUST LUCKY THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO TAKE HIM IN AND SEE THAT HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS YOUNG AND HONESTLY I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO RAISE NATE BECAUSE I WAS A CHILD MYSELF. NATE AND I ARE 16 YEARS APART, WE ADOPTED HIM WHEN HE WAS 7 YEARS OLD. HE IS MY BIOLOGICAL NEPHEW (MY SISTER'S SON) BUT MY TRUE SON. AND OF ALL PEOPLE TO DISAPPOINT HIM BY KICKING HIM OUT WAS ME. I HAVE SO MUCH SHAME. I ASKED HIM FOR FORGIVENESS AND HE DID GRANT IT, BUT THE DAMAGE IS DONE. I CAN ONLY BUILD IT UP FROM THERE.
MY POINT IS PARENTS YOU GET ONE CHANCE AT THIS PARENTING THING. DO YOUR BEST. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PRIDE AND "BEING RIGHT". TEACH YOUR CHILDREN LOVE, GRACE, HUMILITY, AND PATIENCE. GOD BLESS
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
WHY DO PEOPLE TALK LIKE THAT
I WAS LISTENING TO "BOTT" RADIO AND ON THIS PARTICULAR RADIO SHOW THE HOST WAS INTERVIEWING SOME AUTHOR OF OVER 70 BOOKS, WHICH IS TOTALLY IMPRESSIVE. BUT WHEN HE WAS GIVING HIS ANSWER IT WAS SO "SCHOLARLY". IT WASN'T FOR THE LAYMAN, YOU KNOW? I THINK THAT PEOPLE FORGET THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED GOD ARE NOT SCHOLARS OR SUPER SMART AND CAN UNDERSTAND ALL OF YOUR SUPER COOL WORDS. WE ARE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE IN DESIRE OF NORMAL WORDS TO TEACH US WHAT GOD MEANS. PERIOD! DONE! THAT'S IT! BUT THE PEOPLE IN THE LIME-LIGHT ARE SO GOBBLED UP BY THE NEED TO SOUND LIKE THEY KNOW "IT" THAT THEY FORGET WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE SAVING OF SOULS!!!!
AS I WAS LISTENING TO THIS RADIO SHOW I WAS IMAGINING IF I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN AND DIDN'T GET GOD. WHAT I WOULD THINK? I THINK I WOULD REALLY THINK THAT THESE CHRISTIANS WERE SNOTS!!! I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WERE PRETENTIOUS AND "KNOW IT ALLS". HERE'S THE DEAL! SOCIETY NEEDS CHRISTIANS THAT GET GOD BUT ALSO GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?!?!? THAT IS IMPERATIVE!!! THE ONLY WAY TO REACH PEOPLE IS TO HUMBLE, TO BE OUR REAL SELVES AND PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES. YOU KNOW WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES, I BELIEVE IN THAT COMPLETELY.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT, IT'S TIME TO GET REAL! THIS LAST SUNDAY AT CHURCH OUR PASTOR LET HIS 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PREACH AND IT WAS AWESOME!! SHE TRULY HAS THAT GIFT, AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT SHOOK ME UP, WELL ONE OF MANY THINGS. BUT THIS ONE THING SHE SAID;
PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY TRYING TO IMPRESS OTHERS THAT IT IS CAUSING INTIMIDATION AND INSECURITY. ALL START WITH THE WORD "I"
I WOULD LIKE WHOM EVER IS READING THIS TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT. LET US STOP THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES AND START THINKING ABOUT OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS. NOW GO MAKE GOOD CHOICES. GOD BLESS
AS I WAS LISTENING TO THIS RADIO SHOW I WAS IMAGINING IF I WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN AND DIDN'T GET GOD. WHAT I WOULD THINK? I THINK I WOULD REALLY THINK THAT THESE CHRISTIANS WERE SNOTS!!! I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WERE PRETENTIOUS AND "KNOW IT ALLS". HERE'S THE DEAL! SOCIETY NEEDS CHRISTIANS THAT GET GOD BUT ALSO GET PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?!?!? THAT IS IMPERATIVE!!! THE ONLY WAY TO REACH PEOPLE IS TO HUMBLE, TO BE OUR REAL SELVES AND PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES. YOU KNOW WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES, I BELIEVE IN THAT COMPLETELY.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP TRYING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT, IT'S TIME TO GET REAL! THIS LAST SUNDAY AT CHURCH OUR PASTOR LET HIS 22 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PREACH AND IT WAS AWESOME!! SHE TRULY HAS THAT GIFT, AND SHE SAID SOMETHING THAT SHOOK ME UP, WELL ONE OF MANY THINGS. BUT THIS ONE THING SHE SAID;
PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY TRYING TO IMPRESS OTHERS THAT IT IS CAUSING INTIMIDATION AND INSECURITY. ALL START WITH THE WORD "I"
I WOULD LIKE WHOM EVER IS READING THIS TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT. LET US STOP THINKING ABOUT OURSELVES AND START THINKING ABOUT OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR READING THIS. NOW GO MAKE GOOD CHOICES. GOD BLESS
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