Dear Lord,
Help me to be the person I expect my kids to be.
Amen
Maybe the shortest prayer ever written? Possibly. Full of truth. Absolutely.
As moms we expect SO MUCH out of our children. And we should! Shoot for the stars and all
that. However, much, in my opinion, of
what we want to see in our children we are unwilling to do, speak, be.
“The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is
fully trained will be like their teacher.”
Luke 6:40
As moms, we are teaching ALL DAY LONG. What we eat, what we drink, how we talk, when
we talk, what we watch, what we don’t watch, how we serve, who we serve, what
we read, and the list goes on and on and on and on.
If we want to see a certain behavior in our children we have
to be willing to model it. We have to be
willing to learn new things if we want our children to learn what they need to
know. We are ALL a work in
progress. Never think it’s too late to
be the person you want your children to be.
Never.
And NEVER think that just because you’ve done it this way
for years that it’s too late to quit or modify your behavior. If you tend to be gossipy and have noticed the
same characteristic in your child, then stop.
Pray for strength to not be a gossip.
Pray that God will strengthen you to quit. Fill your mind with things above so that you
notice and know when a situation to gossip is coming…and KNOW you’ve been
equipped to not gossip.
Is this easy? No. Is
this possible? Yes. And it’s
important. Moms, we need to be more
prayerful and less fretful.
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