"Wait a sec," I tell my 5 year old son. But is it really a second? I'm trying to concentrate on reading our church doctrine and all I'm hearing is, "Mommy, mommy, look at the star I drew!" After about 5 minutes of desperately trying to read and digest what I am reading, I gave up. But, I realized that saying, "wait a sec," was just wrong. How am I supposed to expect my child to learn the value of time if he think a "sec" is 5 minutes? Most importantly, how does he know I was actually paying attention to him as I am nodding and saying, "Good job buddy."? When we focus on everything else besides our children-do they think they really matter? I find myself in this predicament from time to time. I lose focus of my family because I have a mental "to-do" list that's a mile long. My mind is constantly thinking, contemplating, drinking in all of my surroundings, and thinking some more. Why is so hard to just stop... wait....look...hear...feel
Our world is full of distractions. I fight it constantly and yet I take on more and more as each day passes.
Our prompt for this week sparked a particular scripture that I've read last night and it seems pretty appropriate for our prompt:
Our world is full of distractions. I fight it constantly and yet I take on more and more as each day passes.
Our prompt for this week sparked a particular scripture that I've read last night and it seems pretty appropriate for our prompt:
James 5:7-8 Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lords return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. You, too, must be patient. Take courage, for the coming of the Lord is near. NLT
The scripture tells us to wait and be patient because of Lord is coming again. It also talks about the farmer who waits for the rains to grow their crop eagerly looking for the valuable crop to harvest. That hit home tonight- Yes, our Lord will soon come again. But the farmer reminded me of myself; you see I have a crop-two actually. I'm the rain that they desperately need to grow, to ripen, to love, to nurture. Those children are my responsibility to help build a foundation in their hearts for Christ. I'm to teach them the lessons, the wisdom I have obtained, the values and morals that Christ teaches us. And when it's time to harvest, our Lord will gather them in his arms because of the seeds I've planted. So, I take a step back, put down my doctrine, and look Joe in the eyes- "Good job Joe-I'm so proud of you! Show me again..." There's no more "wait a second", the time is now, in the moment, devoting myself to him because he is someone who matters- not some "to-do" list.
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