Lessons for Life

Life has been in turmoil down here for the past week or so with the packing and situations we have been going through. Not only our world has been turned upside down, but our kids' world as well. My husband reminds me of that when they cry over a seemingly small bump or when they argue over insignificant things. But God...has a way of helping amidst it all.
This afternoon I took some time and spent with my girls. These are the things I learned: We can listen to our echo when we stand on our backsteps. It was a delight to see their faces when they heard their voices "come back to them." In my own life I want to be an echo for God and reflect His Spirit. As we were coming up with things to say to hear our echo, Melody says, "We're going to heaven." Then she turns to me and asks, "Are we going to heaven?" I said, Yes, when we have Jesus in our hearts we can go to heaven." She then asks, "Well, who's in my tummy?"

We then went to the swings. They have learned to swing by themselves. In and out, In and out. Life is like that, we must keep working at it if we want to go higher. As they swing higher, they say, "We're going high up to Jesus. Hi, Jesus." As their legs tire, I soon hear, "Can you push me, please mommy." And so up they go again. Life can cause our hearts to tire and it seems that we can't reach high up to Jesus. In those times, friends give us a push of encouragement to keep going, not to give up. Jesus is there, wanting us to draw up to Him.

Tonight as I put the boys to bed, we laughed, joked and wrestled. And one of the boys said, "Thanks, Mom for the joke." For at that moment the joke had been on me. It is just awesome to take time with my kids and realize there is more to life than the problems that seem mountain high.