Choose Kindness
When I brought my now eight year old girl home from the hospital as a brand new baby, I was overwhelmed. What new parent isn't? When I brought my now five year old son home from the hospital as a brand new baby, I was freaked out overwhelmed. What parent of two small ones isn't?
I kept them alive. I like to think I have been a good mom. I kept them clean, well fed, had the museum family passes, a garden for them, and generally did fun stuff. That aside my kids learned more science from the Wild Kratz than they did from me and had their own preference in Pringle flavors.
Then preschool happened; emails, newsletters, activities, school events and snack week. I was official personal assistant to the two little rock stars. I failed. My kids were late, I rarely remembered to bring snack and by the grace of my friendship with the awesome preschool ladies I made it to all parent assemblies. Well, that is a lie now that I think about it. I missed this one in particular where my son cried because he was the only one without a parent. Parent fail.
Fast forward to now. I am a teacher at the same preschool. So when I see moms bringing kids late, forgetting snacks, walking in for pick up when all the other kids are gone because their parents were there early for the parent chapel (still stings), I have a heaping amount of grace. For the record, so did my kid's teachers. Their grace and patience with me was saint like.
So this is totally in my head this week because of a Bible verse I read, 1Corinthians 4:5. "So don't make judgements about anyone ahead of time - before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets t light and reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due."
Oh. My. Mother. Of. Pearl. I have to chew on this verse for, like, the rest of my life pretty much. First of all when this verse talks about deepest darkest secrets, it is in tandem with private motives. Second, what he does with that is to bring it to light SO THAT he can give us our due praise. My judgement ya'll is not to deal out praise. Its scorn all the way baby! I am not proud. Total fail. God on the other hand considers our motives and seeks to how he can praise us where we have been obedient to him in our motives. While I look back and think about my motives to get some rest or get some peace and quiet (Thank you Jesus for Chris and Martin), God isn't smacking me with scorn. My Heavenly daddy is showing me where my deepest motives lie so I may see them and hopefully be a better person but what he has for me is praise. I am not a fan of the "mic drop" since Verizon made a commercial about it but I'm pretty sure this is one of those Bible "mic drop" moments.
To all my preschool moms, new moms, preteen moms and moms of teens, great job! Seriously, life isn't easy being a mom isn't either. You got this girl.
Katie
I kept them alive. I like to think I have been a good mom. I kept them clean, well fed, had the museum family passes, a garden for them, and generally did fun stuff. That aside my kids learned more science from the Wild Kratz than they did from me and had their own preference in Pringle flavors.
Then preschool happened; emails, newsletters, activities, school events and snack week. I was official personal assistant to the two little rock stars. I failed. My kids were late, I rarely remembered to bring snack and by the grace of my friendship with the awesome preschool ladies I made it to all parent assemblies. Well, that is a lie now that I think about it. I missed this one in particular where my son cried because he was the only one without a parent. Parent fail.
Fast forward to now. I am a teacher at the same preschool. So when I see moms bringing kids late, forgetting snacks, walking in for pick up when all the other kids are gone because their parents were there early for the parent chapel (still stings), I have a heaping amount of grace. For the record, so did my kid's teachers. Their grace and patience with me was saint like.
So this is totally in my head this week because of a Bible verse I read, 1Corinthians 4:5. "So don't make judgements about anyone ahead of time - before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets t light and reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due."
Oh. My. Mother. Of. Pearl. I have to chew on this verse for, like, the rest of my life pretty much. First of all when this verse talks about deepest darkest secrets, it is in tandem with private motives. Second, what he does with that is to bring it to light SO THAT he can give us our due praise. My judgement ya'll is not to deal out praise. Its scorn all the way baby! I am not proud. Total fail. God on the other hand considers our motives and seeks to how he can praise us where we have been obedient to him in our motives. While I look back and think about my motives to get some rest or get some peace and quiet (Thank you Jesus for Chris and Martin), God isn't smacking me with scorn. My Heavenly daddy is showing me where my deepest motives lie so I may see them and hopefully be a better person but what he has for me is praise. I am not a fan of the "mic drop" since Verizon made a commercial about it but I'm pretty sure this is one of those Bible "mic drop" moments.
To all my preschool moms, new moms, preteen moms and moms of teens, great job! Seriously, life isn't easy being a mom isn't either. You got this girl.
Katie
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