Last night Jero, Nicholas and David and I sat around the table. The TV was off and we just were a family together - talking. How many families do that each night - we certainly don't do it every night but when we do it is special but then it occurred to me when I was laughing full out over one of Nic's dry comments that maybe I take it all too much for granted. I don't really appreciate it all - right in the moment. It's almost like I need to stop and step out of myself and appreciate it all and then get back in and enjoy - really enjoy. Nic's 10 and so how long will it be before he doesn't want to 'be' with us. I'm actually hoping the answer is never. Not that I don't want him to live his own life - but more that he will always want us to be part of it.
If I put that into the context of children in slavery - their parents never got to enjoy them or for their children to enjoy their parents. That makes me think even more that I must appreciate what I have got and do what I can to ensure children (or even just one child) who are living a life of poverty (spiritual, physical, mental) get that opportunity to appreciate what God has given us - LIFE.
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