Sorry, no news today. Had to be at work early and only have 5 minutes to post this before I have to get back to work. But I had a thought today I wanted to share, and was wondering if I could get some conversation going. The question I was meditating on today is this:
Are you happy with the family God put you into?
Today, I was sitting at my desk on a boring conference call, when I noticed the woman who works in the cube next to mine was talking with her son. She is a very nice woman - a woman of God - whom I respect as a person, as a thinker, and as a businesswoman. As she spoke with her son, I noticed how she was talking about nothing. I mean there was content to her speech, but pretty much it was so unimportant that it was obvious she was just talking to hear herself talk. And she was enjoying that her son was listening to her, knowing the conversation was of no import. Just bonding and communication. And I thought, "I am glad she isn't my mother!"
Now, my mother is not perfect. She was a VERY good mother when I was growing up, whom God blessed with great wisdom in knowing how to handle my brother and I. She was always loving, caring, but able to discipline us when needed and always alert to a teachable moment in our lives. She really loved us equally, and made the point early in our lives that God came first, then husband, then children... without letting us ever thing that we did not come first, if you know what I mean. And now that we are on our own, she goes out of her way to let us be our own men, even when she could really use us to be her little boys again for a little while. But she has her faults which I will not bother to mention here, as they don't matter.
But God has given me a mother who fits me. When we talk, it is about things that have some real importance. There is never a time when we are talking and I think, "She is just talking to hear herself speak," or "She is just talking to test my love." Even her faults fit me, in that they are ones that I am uniquely prepared to deal with, I think. God has fit us well.
What about you? What do you think about your family?
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