Some days you may feel that you did it. You actually mastered work and caring for your children. When you start to think that way, check yourself.
Check what you think 'did it' means. Our measurement of 'good' must coincide with a measurement that is nearer to that of God's. We can't be satisfied with the end result of a child rearing day like the one that is given on T.V. For example, dinner.
You know the commercial where the entire family sits down at the table and shares a big bucket of fried chicken; or the one where Mom pulls a frozen dinner out the microwave oven piping hot, (like she just baked it!).
Don't misunderstand me, every day can not be a Martha Stewart, Julia Child day, but we should try. I hear you, "I don't have time for that." "Why? There are plenty of healthy 'pop in the oven' foods. I get the pop in the oven foods from Organic Market, all their food is good." Have you heard the phrase, the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach? That applies to little boys and little girls too. I will never forget the look on my youngest son's face one day when he came home from school expecting dinner. I was off of work that day and this three foot-six inch person went straight to the kitchen, turned around and walked right up to me and said "There is nothing cooking. The stove is cold and I don't smell anything." At the time it was funny, but I had to think about that. Here is a little person that has only been on this earth 'a tick' but having his dinner prepared was important to him. Then I thought back to my oldest son and realized that I had had a similar experience with him.
Having someone prepare something for you is a gesture of love. It means they were thinking about your needs and what you might like and tried to give you something. The degree to which you try, usually is an indication of the degree to which you want to please that child/person. We make all kinds of efforts to show love to our children. We buy them things, take them places and even let them do whatever they want thinking we are loving them.
Let's try to demonstrate a little bit more love to our children through something as simple (and inexpensive) as preparing a meal, not gourmet but certainly from scratch and your own hands. Those same hands that rock the cradle ... and rule the world.
Check what you think 'did it' means. Our measurement of 'good' must coincide with a measurement that is nearer to that of God's. We can't be satisfied with the end result of a child rearing day like the one that is given on T.V. For example, dinner.
You know the commercial where the entire family sits down at the table and shares a big bucket of fried chicken; or the one where Mom pulls a frozen dinner out the microwave oven piping hot, (like she just baked it!).
Don't misunderstand me, every day can not be a Martha Stewart, Julia Child day, but we should try. I hear you, "I don't have time for that." "Why? There are plenty of healthy 'pop in the oven' foods. I get the pop in the oven foods from Organic Market, all their food is good." Have you heard the phrase, the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach? That applies to little boys and little girls too. I will never forget the look on my youngest son's face one day when he came home from school expecting dinner. I was off of work that day and this three foot-six inch person went straight to the kitchen, turned around and walked right up to me and said "There is nothing cooking. The stove is cold and I don't smell anything." At the time it was funny, but I had to think about that. Here is a little person that has only been on this earth 'a tick' but having his dinner prepared was important to him. Then I thought back to my oldest son and realized that I had had a similar experience with him.
Having someone prepare something for you is a gesture of love. It means they were thinking about your needs and what you might like and tried to give you something. The degree to which you try, usually is an indication of the degree to which you want to please that child/person. We make all kinds of efforts to show love to our children. We buy them things, take them places and even let them do whatever they want thinking we are loving them.
Let's try to demonstrate a little bit more love to our children through something as simple (and inexpensive) as preparing a meal, not gourmet but certainly from scratch and your own hands. Those same hands that rock the cradle ... and rule the world.
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