I Love My Kids

I know That Every Mother has held their new born baby and gazed in thier precious little face and took in the beauty of their existance and at times pictured what will their lives turn out to be like. We all have high hopes for our children. We plan schooling, activities and our Church attendance to form and shape our children by laying good solid foundations in their young lives. They grow, and even though they are not perfect, we love them. In fact our hearts tear and suffer pain when one of our children messes up or fails, not in disappointment of them but for them. We desire for them to live a life free of pain, disappointments, and condemnation. But are we setting them up for failure? WE must allow them to experience all emotions with us monitoring and guiding them through each difficult event. Why? So that they will learn how to combat and handle difficult times. God does the same with us, trials and tragedies, as hard as it is for God to watch us go through it, He does, cheering us on, supporting us, helping us through so that we can grow with wisdom and strength. It's hard as a parent seeing our teenagers face such difficult things in their young lives, having to make more difficult decisions than sometimes we have to make. They are faced with so many obstacles and challenges so young. And too many adults are quick to judge and condemn, not knowing a whole situation, sometimes distroying what little faith they have left. Teens want to be trusted, they want to make their parents proud of them, they want to be accepted. Think about it, we want the same thing with our peers and even with God. God looks at us with Love, complete love, because not only does He sees me where I am, He sees the me I am going to be as He completes the GOOD Work in Me, Until He returns. Hug your teenager today and if you have babies, soak in as much time as you can, because 18 years goes by quicker than you think. Love Your Kids perfect or not! I sure Love Mine imperfections and all! And I am so proud of their precious hearts and who they are and who they are going to be as God works His Good work in them, just as He has done and is doing in me!