Today the kindergarten class got to make Mother's Day cards. As I was watching them work hard on coloring the cards and writing the words they wanted to say to their mom it just reminded me of how important mom's are at any age.
One little boy who we very seldom can get to write anything, asked me to write something on his card for his mom. I told him I would write it in pencil and then he could trace it in marker. I asked what he wanted me to write, it was simple but says it all "I love you Mommy." I happily wrote it for him and he carefully traced the letters to make his card complete.
I was also privelged to have some of the cards read to me, slowly and phonetically one little boy wrote "Mom yuo are the bst mom evr I love yuo vere much." He wrote that and some very similiar thoughts on all 4 pages of the card.
One little boy asked for a book that the teacher had read about Mother's Day. He wanted it so he could copy the poem for his mom. He sat for twenty minutes copying the poem and writing very neatly. After he copied the poem he drew some nice pictures on his card.
A little girl painstakingly went through all of the stickers available for the cards to find a bunny sticker. She could not find the bunny sticker she wanted so she walked around the class and found a little boy who had gotten the bunny sticker, she did a major trade in order to get her bunny sticker for her card. Her mommy likes bunnies.
I usually don't disagree with the teacher, but today I had to disagree with her. She wrote on the board "You are the best Mom ever." I told her that the kids mom's could not be the best Mom ever, because my Mom is the best Mom ever. She laughed and said that could not be true because her mom is the best mom ever.
If you have to send a card that has the words you want to say, find that special sticker (present) or do something that you really don't like to do to show your mom that you love her and that she is the best mom ever, your mom will love it just as much as she did when you were in kindergarten. As you do that just remember that my Mom IS the bestest Mom ever!!!
Proverbs 31:31 Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Vengence is Mine
It happens to everyone sometime in their life, they are wronged personally. It is not easy and friends and family members often come your rescue and give you ideas of how to get back at the person or persons who hurt you. It is nice of them to support you, but often their advice is vengeful and unethical.
As I have gotten older I have somewhat grown from taking vengence, or trying to take care of it myself, to giving them enough rope to hang themselves. I thought that was a Biblical point of view; a man reaps what he sows. When I have taken that point of view I have seen people reap what they sow.
As I walk with the Lord he gives me new insight and makes me grow a bit more. I was hurt by some brothers and sisters in Christ, and I thought that I would sit back and watch them reap what they sow, because I felt what they had done was wrong and it was hurtful to me. God did not let me get away with watching them reap what they sowed, instead He made me go help them to succeed. He arranged my circumstances and made me go and help the people who broke my heart. I will be honest I did not enjoy it to begin with, and I thought God was going to let me see them reap what they sowed, but He didn't. Instead God changed me and taught me some things. A follower is not greater than his master, Jesus was hurt and betrayed by his friends. Jesus came back for Peter, died for Judas as well as me, a follower is no greater than his Master. Reconcilliation is very important to God, and if I have a brother or sister who has offended me then I need to go to them. I need to pray for those who have hurt me, and the prayer should not be God get them (even though it is tempting), but it should be a prayer that brings glory to God and furthers his kingdom. It is much easier to love those who love us, but true love is often seen when I love others who are not treating me justly.
I am somewhat on the otherside of the hurts, they happened a few years ago. As I was talking to a friend she was telling me how some people were not treating her well and so she decided to take a course that would somewhat undermine the people who had hurt her. It was not an unethical course, but it was not a productive course. Her course is ending up making her look bad and justifying the actions of the people she is trying to undermine. As I listened to her I realized that God says "vengence is mine" for a reason. God knows the hearts and circumstances of all of the people involved and when I try to take action on my part it makes me look bad, but if I leave vengence to God and love those who treated me unjustly I bring glory to God.
Psalm 37:18 The days of the blameless are know to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever.
As I have gotten older I have somewhat grown from taking vengence, or trying to take care of it myself, to giving them enough rope to hang themselves. I thought that was a Biblical point of view; a man reaps what he sows. When I have taken that point of view I have seen people reap what they sow.
As I walk with the Lord he gives me new insight and makes me grow a bit more. I was hurt by some brothers and sisters in Christ, and I thought that I would sit back and watch them reap what they sow, because I felt what they had done was wrong and it was hurtful to me. God did not let me get away with watching them reap what they sowed, instead He made me go help them to succeed. He arranged my circumstances and made me go and help the people who broke my heart. I will be honest I did not enjoy it to begin with, and I thought God was going to let me see them reap what they sowed, but He didn't. Instead God changed me and taught me some things. A follower is not greater than his master, Jesus was hurt and betrayed by his friends. Jesus came back for Peter, died for Judas as well as me, a follower is no greater than his Master. Reconcilliation is very important to God, and if I have a brother or sister who has offended me then I need to go to them. I need to pray for those who have hurt me, and the prayer should not be God get them (even though it is tempting), but it should be a prayer that brings glory to God and furthers his kingdom. It is much easier to love those who love us, but true love is often seen when I love others who are not treating me justly.
I am somewhat on the otherside of the hurts, they happened a few years ago. As I was talking to a friend she was telling me how some people were not treating her well and so she decided to take a course that would somewhat undermine the people who had hurt her. It was not an unethical course, but it was not a productive course. Her course is ending up making her look bad and justifying the actions of the people she is trying to undermine. As I listened to her I realized that God says "vengence is mine" for a reason. God knows the hearts and circumstances of all of the people involved and when I try to take action on my part it makes me look bad, but if I leave vengence to God and love those who treated me unjustly I bring glory to God.
Psalm 37:18 The days of the blameless are know to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever.
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