Why Am I Doing This??
When asked by an assistant track coach,”Why are we even doing this??!!”, my daughter’s head coach replied, “To put our knowledge into bodies that work.”
Why am I doing what I am doing?
I am trying to impart knowledge and passion, into bodies and minds that will work to God’s glory.
In all we do as parents…(and granted, we are more than parents), in the role of being a parent, no matter what aspect we are dealing with (body, mind, spirit), we are imparting knowledge and passion one way or another. Even when we don’t think they are watching and learning from us, no let me rephrase that….ESPECIALLY when we don’t think they are watching and learning from us, they are watching closer than ever.
Have you ever seen your child do, or heard them say something, and you think, “Where on earth did they learn that from?” That is when a quick accessment is needed of our own influence.
Did I expose them to bad influence on TV?
Did I lose my temper and say something I wouldn’t normally say?
Did I blow something so far out of proportion that it created a mountain out of a molehill?
Did I brush off someone when I should have given them my attention?
A look in the mirror can sometimes be slightly painful, but it can also open up a new view of the things we see in our kids.
As a parent, it is my goal to show them the best way to be, not the hardest, worst way…but as a human being, I mess up.
I have had the experience of going to one child or another, and telling them I was wrong to act like that, or say this , or treat them in a certain way.
As hard as it is when I have to do this, it is well worth it when I see them react in love and forgiveness.
Why am I doing this mom thing?
I am doing it out of love.
Love for my children, but most of all my love for God.
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