Be confident today.
You are in the place God intended you to be.
When something happens in my home and I call all the children
together to find out who did it, I am confident that my gut feeling about which
child is right. When that child is
telling me through tears, “Mama, I
didn’t do it, why don’t you believe me?”
Confidently with kindness I tell that child that because you have lied
in the past I have a hard time trusting you.
Trust is something that once lost has to be earned back and although you
have done a great job since last time I still have concerns. I then put said child in their room to think
about what happened. Thinking time is
amazing and sleeping on it really has a way of bringing out the truth, especially
when your siblings seem to be having more fun than you. God gave me this child for a reason.
When my child comes to me and says, “Mom, is it faster going
backwards to Asia from Hawaii than forwards?” or “Mom, starting from New York,
if you go 56 degrees N and 45 degrees W, would you end up on land or water?” You know, things like this really don’t enter
my mind. But I am confident that just
because it is not important to me, does not mean I can dismiss the
questions. I, confidently with kindness
(not frustration), show this child how to find the answer. God gave me this child for a reason.
When my child is playing games on the tablet and all of the
sudden the battery goes dead, you would think that life is over. The tears start falling and oh my, how
frustrated this child is. I, confidently
with kindness, point this child in the right direction. It is great to realize how happy we can be
with books, puzzles, blocks and cars that have been tucked away. God gave me this child for a reason.
When my child, who loooooves sports, is watching the
Olympics, football or basketball, stand back because this one is just so
involved. Don’t dare find the remote and
turn the channel because the angry monster will emerge with shouts and stomps
and fists a flying. Goodness, how I just
don’t know where that anger wells from.
But, I confidently with kindness show this one that there are choices to
make that are far better than that ugly beast.
We have kind words and a gentle voice we can use. God gave me this child for a reason.
I am confident that God gave me these children because I
have so much they need to teach me; trust, patience, perspective and calmness. Thank God for these beautiful children.
~Tina
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| Caleb's 7th birthday |
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| Baby blue eyes |
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| Cash's 9th birthday |
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| Peyton, growing up too fast. |
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| Peyton made this bracelet with her loom. |
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| Googley Eyes Carson |
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| Daddy just trying to get some rest. : ) |
