Well, I truly hope this wont be as painful as a flogging! This is my very first entry, or more specifically my first blog! Those of you who know me, know that I often have a lot to say about nothing, and some of the facts I keep in my frontal lobe, current usable memory often equate to nothing of value to anyone!
I just finished putting together a picture montage of my daughter Vannessa for her upcoming graduation ceremony, it is amazing how the years pass so quickly. As I sorted through the pictures and reminisced of those past memories of my little girl, now a women, soon to be independent productive citizen it just further solidified the fact that I am getting old! Yep, as I see myself in many of the pictures, oh how time takes it's toll on my "I will Live FOREVER" Attitude. None the less I am more secure today than ever before in who I am and what I stand for. As I see the fruit of my wife's labor in our beautiful and very well socialized (Home Schooled) daughter who will be graduating from high school well prepared for what lay ahead.
How does a parent prepare for this time, it's a lot like readying one's self for the death of their ageing parents, you don't! you just deal with it the best to your ability. Spiritually, I'm ready but as a parent Ive never felt more concerned, while my wife has always been to primary caregiver, Ive always been the one that holds my children when the are put in a position of pain, dentist, doctor, etc..
I could control those situations because I could see them coming, but now I am not sure how to protect her, I can only pray for her and trust that God will, protect her. I now must trust in, "Train up a child in the way she should go, And when she is old she will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
I just finished putting together a picture montage of my daughter Vannessa for her upcoming graduation ceremony, it is amazing how the years pass so quickly. As I sorted through the pictures and reminisced of those past memories of my little girl, now a women, soon to be independent productive citizen it just further solidified the fact that I am getting old! Yep, as I see myself in many of the pictures, oh how time takes it's toll on my "I will Live FOREVER" Attitude. None the less I am more secure today than ever before in who I am and what I stand for. As I see the fruit of my wife's labor in our beautiful and very well socialized (Home Schooled) daughter who will be graduating from high school well prepared for what lay ahead.
How does a parent prepare for this time, it's a lot like readying one's self for the death of their ageing parents, you don't! you just deal with it the best to your ability. Spiritually, I'm ready but as a parent Ive never felt more concerned, while my wife has always been to primary caregiver, Ive always been the one that holds my children when the are put in a position of pain, dentist, doctor, etc..
I could control those situations because I could see them coming, but now I am not sure how to protect her, I can only pray for her and trust that God will, protect her. I now must trust in, "Train up a child in the way she should go, And when she is old she will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
As some might say, we are now arriving at a new station in life, and since tomorrow is promised to no one, I must take joy in today and not worry about tomorrow, easier said than done.
Well said my love!
ReplyDeleteHmm , just remember 2 tell yr daughter's that the Lord has a plan for each of them and that that plan has been desighned by Him since their births ,The Lord has chosen the person they r 2 marry (if thats His will) , they dont need 2 seek it God has ordained all things 4 them , pray hard 4 them , fast if when God calls u 2 ! Just remember 2 tell them not 2 stray from that plan if they do they only prolong all He has 4 them , and we the parent must b CONSISTANT in our example of Christ always not by what we say , but sometimes by what we dont say ! Book of James says "Slow to speak quick 2 hear slow 2 wrath " !
ReplyDeletei love your daughter deeply. I pray that my son marries a woman like her. she loves the Lord and is not afraid to speak her mind and stand for righteousness...
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