Fixit mode....

Fixit mode...

From the time you first hold those tiny new beings in your arms, cradling them through colds, first steps, school, chicken pox, first dates, drivers Ed, college dorm,  New jobs, marriage, and beyond....they are close to your Heart and mind all the time...

We want them to make right decisions, even knowing wrong decisions teach character (hopefully). Nothing in life is wasted....we want them happy, content, learning, loving, productive, successful (whatever that means), following God, moving forward, protected, and all those things that parents desire for their children.....when what we most need to do is hold our hands open so that God works His will in their lives  and ours...

We have to balance between being an enabler, caregiver, encourager, fixer..and let God be God in their lives...being there to cheer them on or a shoulder to cry on...let them set boundaries and we set our own...

How I love each of my children. All their various personalities, their spouses, their lives. I am thrilled I got to watch them grow, to learn, to listen....I am overjoyed with their giftings, given specifically to each...to see how each is using them...for betterment to the world around them....

Thank YOU, God, for each child you have brought into my life,  what Gifts they are....

James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 

Jesus calling----November 30

Problems are part of life. They are inescapable: woven into the very fabric of this fallen world. You tend to go into problem-solving mode all too readily, acting as if you have the capacity to fix everything. This is a habitual response, so automatic that it bypasses your conscious thinking. Not only does this habit frustrate you, it also distances you from Me.

Do not let fixing things be your top priority. You are ever so limited in your capacity to correct all that is wrong in the world around you. Don’t weigh yourself down with responsibilities that are not your own. Instead, make your relationship with Me your primary concern. Talk with Me about whatever is on your mind, seeking My perspective on the situation. Rather than trying to fix everything that comes to your attention, ask Me to show you what is truly important. Remember that you are en route to heaven, and let your problems fade in the Light of eternity.

He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
—Psalm 32:8

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
—Luke 10:41–42

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
—Philippians 3:20–21