Thoughts
You guys, we barely made it out of our pj's today. I showered and put on the comfy pants and t-shirt that I wore yesterday and the kids bounced and lounged around in their pj's till late afternoon when we "got ready" for church. They serve supper on Wednesdays too. I don't know about you, but that makes my life easier.
Side Note: Our pastor is doing a series on Revelation that is fantastic, so I've skipped the youth group meeting for awhile. They probably don't even know who I am anymore. This series has been exciting. I wish it lasted 2 hours instead of 45 minutes. That probably makes me some sort of nerd.
Back to life here. Before I got out of bed yesterday, I had to ask for God's presence to just be in our home. I get nervous with the kids home all day. I mean, I'm not that experienced at parenting and I am usually worried that I won't know what to do or say when I have to play referee or discuss how we don't whine for 4,000th time with our 4 year old.
Ben spent most of the yesterday at a friend's house down the street. The girls actually played pretty well together until Breanna wanted to play by herself, which NEVER happens, so I was a big proponent of this and took Elizabeth to play in her room. Eventually I got Elizabeth to play by herself too. She needs by-herself-time too.
Ben is 13. His brain chemicals, hormones, and physical body are 13, but his emotions, ideas, thoughts about life are a few years behind. I am thankful for the friends we have that understand this and allow him to friends with their kids. They sincerely enjoy Ben, but it allows us to have a break. I think the teenage years with Ben might be well, difficult. HA!
During my quiet time the other day, I was eating and thinking when one verse came to mind. Out the blue. There was nothing in my study that related to this verse at all. I'm not even sure I have ever thought about this verse. Maybe it's in my subconscious from reading the Psalms over the the years.
Anyway, Psalm 68:6: "God sets the lonely in families." My mind had been thinking about Ben as I ate at the kitchen table. I wondered how many times he had eaten by himself or been hungry and watched others eat. Did he ever sit along the sidewalk and watch people come and go, wishing for things to be different? I do know that he and his friend Luis from the orphanage used to wish for a family each night as they went to sleep. Then God set both of them in families. He worked it out that they were both placed in families about a month apart from each other.
God also set us in His family when we accept His salvation.
I realize this topic of loneliness and being set in families is more in depth than I discussed. But those are just a few thoughts that I had that day concerning Ben.
Side Note: Our pastor is doing a series on Revelation that is fantastic, so I've skipped the youth group meeting for awhile. They probably don't even know who I am anymore. This series has been exciting. I wish it lasted 2 hours instead of 45 minutes. That probably makes me some sort of nerd.
Back to life here. Before I got out of bed yesterday, I had to ask for God's presence to just be in our home. I get nervous with the kids home all day. I mean, I'm not that experienced at parenting and I am usually worried that I won't know what to do or say when I have to play referee or discuss how we don't whine for 4,000th time with our 4 year old.
Ben spent most of the yesterday at a friend's house down the street. The girls actually played pretty well together until Breanna wanted to play by herself, which NEVER happens, so I was a big proponent of this and took Elizabeth to play in her room. Eventually I got Elizabeth to play by herself too. She needs by-herself-time too.
Ben is 13. His brain chemicals, hormones, and physical body are 13, but his emotions, ideas, thoughts about life are a few years behind. I am thankful for the friends we have that understand this and allow him to friends with their kids. They sincerely enjoy Ben, but it allows us to have a break. I think the teenage years with Ben might be well, difficult. HA!
During my quiet time the other day, I was eating and thinking when one verse came to mind. Out the blue. There was nothing in my study that related to this verse at all. I'm not even sure I have ever thought about this verse. Maybe it's in my subconscious from reading the Psalms over the the years.
Anyway, Psalm 68:6: "God sets the lonely in families." My mind had been thinking about Ben as I ate at the kitchen table. I wondered how many times he had eaten by himself or been hungry and watched others eat. Did he ever sit along the sidewalk and watch people come and go, wishing for things to be different? I do know that he and his friend Luis from the orphanage used to wish for a family each night as they went to sleep. Then God set both of them in families. He worked it out that they were both placed in families about a month apart from each other.
God also set us in His family when we accept His salvation.
I realize this topic of loneliness and being set in families is more in depth than I discussed. But those are just a few thoughts that I had that day concerning Ben.
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