For God so loved the world that he gave his only son and who so ever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
It is amazing how fun and out of our control relationships with our children can be. They grow up and start trying to figure things out on their own and lessons we intended for them to bury deep in their hearts, often, at least for a time, seem like they bounced off and got lost some where in that pile of clothes in their room where their shoes, homework, or glasses with soured milk in them or their stinky socks laid and you were that nothing could have ever survived in that room. They believe there is a world out there that we just don't understand and they are going to prove.........something to us by discovering this new world. I remember when Lara was in middle school and she had gone to the mall with a friend and she came and said "Mom they have the coolest new fabric now, its in all the stores, I said really what is it? She said it's called double knit and it trenches!) New I thought to my self... So here they go out into this " brand new world" and what do they discover, the same world that we found. A world that never satisfies us but we were so sure that it would, they discover the stress and responsibility money and things produce. They can now identify and understand the meaning of buyers remorse. They hear themselves make the same comments that they swore they would never say when they were parents. They see that finding a mate is so much more than looks, a fast car, or a perfect body. That children come at a price and the cost is our hearts we had no idea that those little bundles of joy could open a place in our hearts that would create thoughts of giving our own lives for them. We can become so intense with emotion and protection in their behalf we often won't see the truth of what is happening in their lives because our love, as pure as we believe it to be is nothing compared to the pure and selfless love of our one true God
Then the day comes and our children are raising their children, our grandchildren, and they look at us and say, "Oh Mom I am so sorry for the way I acted when I was a kid" And we look into their eyes, and suddenly recognize that the same love we had as their parents is reflecting in their eyes. This is a love that didn't come on to either of us on our own, it came from the reaching hand of a loving Father. A love that could only exist because it was created by something holy and pure and knows no bounds at what his love can do in our lives. It really wasn't us loving our kids, it was Jesus showing us a part of who is and how he truly loves us. A sacrificial never ending love that we received when those little ones were placed in our hands is just a small reflection of how much God has always loved us. That over whelming feeling of "I would die for this child if I had to" begins to take on its true meaning, a whole new meaning which is that our Father did send his son, the one and only son to die for us and in his mercy he allows us to experience just a smidge, just a tiny particle of his love for us. I guess what I am trying to say is that if we all will really look at our parents, grandparents, our children or our grandchildren we will see the love that Jesus chose by laying his life down for us, Jesus is in their for us some where, try looking for him instead of at all of them.... the power of his love is miraculously healing! I know this one, I have experienced it myself.
Remembering always what Jesus promised me: Tinna:"I will never leave you or forsake you. Hebrews 13:5
I love you all,Tinna
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