Kids are a Gift from God
The bible talks about children being a gift from God.
Sometimes I tend to forget this, but I was reminded this morning. I believe this is true. Although at times, I feel like my sons try to push my buttons on purpose just to get me going (because they do), it’s good to take a step back and realize what a gift they are.
They say the funniest things sometimes. One second you’re ready to throttle them into next week, and the next, they have you rolling on the floor in laughter. I’m glad God has a sense of humor. I only hope and pray that my boys can learn something from me that they can pass on to their kids someday. Not something superficial, like how to build things using a hammer and nails (although that’s cool too), I mean something of substance, with eternal consequences. I hope to show my boys by the way I live, the things I say (and how I say it) that God is real, that His son Jesus is worth believing, and that He loves them very much.
It’s not easy, but it’s a privilege. Thanks God for the two gifts Janna and I have been given.
May 15, 2008 at 9:31 am
Matt, You are so right! I need to be reminded of this often also but children are a gift fro God and I know that first hand. Reading what you wrote helped me put that thought in the front of my mind today after being kept awake most of the night by a giggling, babbling little gift!
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