Mother's Day

My youngest son and I had a real heart to heart on Mother's Day.   He was sad because he spent some time with his grandmother, my mother, and was both disappointed and feeling protective in and of her. 

It made him sad to see how she has gone down in her health and life in general.  We discussed that there was really nothing that he could do for her other than pray because the bottom line is she needs to want better for herself and we can't make her want or do better.

We talked about life in general and how there are choices in life that we have to make and those same choices affect our future, not only our future but the futures of those we are close with and even those that aren't here yet.

In the midst of the conversation we got really deep about some of the things that have happened to me when I was younger and he asked if I had ever been molested or raped and I answered him honestly.   From there we discussed forgiveness and God's impact on my life and my increased relationship with Him.  How my faith and belief in God is what brought me through those and other hard times.

I loved that we were able to talk at that level and that we trusted each other enough to talk and be open and honest. 

God is important to me,  my faith is important to me,  my children and their children are important to me.  My God is amazing and loving and caring and kind.

Peace and blessings wonderful people!

Jai

there is a blessing in obedience

there is a blessing in obedience.  when I was younger and my mother would tell me to do what she said or else, I did it because she was mom and I didn't want a beat down or to be on punishment.  when I was told to do what the teacher told me to do in class, I did it because they were the teachers and I didn't want a bad grade or be sent to the disciplinarian's office or worse, have my mother find out.  for my obedience in either case the reward was always better than the punishment, of course.  I got to stay up later, got to watch tv a little longer or got to go outside and play when I did what my mother said.  I would get an "A" or "B" on a test or got to be the teacher's helper when I did what the teacher said.


I had not made the correlation between my training in obedience as a child or younger person to the task of being obedient as an adult in this growing and maturing relationship that I have with the Father.  the reward for obedience is so much greater than the consequences of not being obedient to His call on my life.  when you know better you do better.


there is a blessing in obedience. 

peace and blessings GoOD people!

jai ar