Quick Travel Lesson June 8, 2007
Posted by Joe in : General Lessons , trackbackErin,
This will be brief, but something struck me while on the plane yesterday that I wanted to share. As we have said, the Lord granted much grace throughout our travel back home yesterday. Twenty-four hours awake is by no means easy, but the Lord showed Himself faithful. He was in the details, that was/is for sure.
As it relates to our kids, however, they did well. Elijah was a bit frantic, because he was so tired, but he still did quite well. They sat still for rather lengthy periods of times and we had only a few incidents of disciplined. We even enjoyed sitting with one another for a good stretch and a little time of reading (though we were so weary, the eyes were fading quickly!).
That being said, the reality that hit me yesterday was that all the little acts of discipline throughout our daily lives (most of which you do), were tested yesterday. And I thought they passed quite well. We still have a long way to go. That is for sure, but it’s as if yesterday was the big game. Thousands of people were in attendance and emotions were high. It was time to see how prepared our children well. They had learned the little lessons day in and day out. They had been disciplined in a thousand ways that few would think would matter. And along comes a day like yesterday–game day. The day in which we see some fruit.
That’s cool huh? The little lessons matter much more than we know. We can’t expect to perform well during those times (or for our children to obey us) if we are not diligent with our day to day care. In fact, I suppose it could be said to parents that when all things are considered, how your children behave in the difficult, unexpected times (particularly in their obedience) reveals how diligent you are in shepherding them during the day to day mundane existence called life. Though it surely doesn’t cover ever, I think it more or less is true.
May the Lord grant us grace for further (and increased!) diligence.
Praying for continued mercy,
Joe
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