Okay, I am stepping up to the soap box and "preaching to the choir" (so to speak). My day has brought me past a few people and I have made some observations. Why do parents allow their children such "freedoms" with their friends? When did friends become so much more important than family? First instance, a family is doing some sort of building project at their house and their are 6 people living in the home, but only 2 working(I assume Mom and Dad), Dad thinks social interactions important and does not require them to work at home, how sad. They (Dad and children) are missing great opportunities to learn something and tie heart strings. My other observation, I almost hit a boy on a bicycle at the grocery store parking lot because he was riding unattended and rode right in front of me and never took notice. Where are his parents? I could go on and on and on here, but I will not. So, while I enjoy listening to my blessing play together after they have endured, standing in a long Sam's cafe line for lunch, visiting two green houses, Wal-Mart to buy mulch, the post office to pick up a package and the grocery store to buy milk, but hey, they had pizza for lunch (treat) and we listened to Little House on the Prairie on CD while we were in the van, they were happy, I was joyfilled. We talked about the book while we waited in lines and now they are playing with playmobil sets and some one was going to Independence! What a wonderful day, I am truly blessed!
Prayer Request: Please pray for Joscelyn, she is an almost three year old blessing of a friend of mine. She has rhumetoid arthritis and has gotten worse in the past couple of weeks, they are traveling to the lower 48 to see a specialist and decide on a treatment and maybe surgery. I just saw her for the first time in about a year ( they moved about 6 hours away last summer) and she is just as precious as she was a year ago, of course. They covent your prayers at this time. They need strength and discernment.
May the Lord find us faithful.
I'm always telling my kids that we are a team. We all need to work together to make the family run smoothly, well as much as possible. I tend to get resistance still. And I have to constantly remind them that it is valuable to work together. Maybe one day they will say the same things to their kids!
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Jenn
Hmmm, I thought I had posted a comment (I know I had read it before - mind must be going). Anyways, you are sooo right! I think those children that don't work and aren't supervised are missing a blessing. Our girls love to work (at some things) and are truly part of the family. What is that father teaching his children? Laziness & entitlement thinking - I think the Bible has something to say about that!
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