poor kid had a rough start today. carter and i got to talk in detail this morning about all that happened yesterday and what some possible outcomes in the situation may be depending on how we choose to respond to it all. we prayed together--asking for forgiveness and the opportunity to strengthen the friendship that may be injured at the moment, for peace in his heart and for knowing that doing the right thing by accepting the consequences for our actions and learning from them will only help us grow.
as i watched him walk up to his class' line at school with his head hung low and fighting back tears, i couldn't help but cry in my car. i wish i could take the hurt from him and carry it for him. i wish that he would have make a better choice in that one second. i wish he would have seen the consequences in advance so it would help him make a better choice in his behavior. i wish he would have done what he knows is best instead of acting first and thinking about the consequences when he was caught.
and then this feeling washed right over me: kristin, God feels the exact same thing about you...about each one of us. He wants to take the hurt, but loves us enough to let us feel the consequences when we make a less than wise choice. He wants us to do the right thing, yet continues to love us when we don't. He wants us to grow and learn from all the things in our life. He wants us to grow to be more like Him and His character.
i am struggling with the hurt my son is feeling. i can only imagine how God feels as we ache through things in life that we have brought upon ourselves instead of doing things His way.
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