Resting- Three Cheers for Daddy!
Song to listen to while reading this post: Enya Silent Night
I am in the midst of learning to be still…rest…..listen. Dagnabit, if I am not ALWAYS in this season to one degree or another. Isn’t it beautiful how Advent takes you right out of the commercial mess of this season, into the quiet place of waiting? All of this turmoil I have been feeling with homeschooling and somehow messing up our children, has FORCED me to lay down and rest before the Good Shepherd. For that I am so thankful.
Daddy rescued our little flagging ship last night with a wonderful family meeting. He laid down the law in a splendid way with these young charges around here. Funny thing is, he said the exact same thing to them, that I say over and over daily, and somehow, they got it in a deeper way. Isn’t it beautiful how a Daddy can just get it done in only the way that He and no one else can. When the Mommy is with the children 95% of their daily time, you start to sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher, but when Daddy says it, it breaks through those little skulls of theirs and registers somewhere in their grey matter.
I have revised what is expected in the way of house chores. They are no longer young toddlers who are not capable of certain things. They can and should do more, and now thanks to our family meeting…they are. Good grief in pioneer times, 7 year olds were hunting and junk, so ya think they could clean the toilets without mishap. Part of the problem is, you get into a routine and then you forget that as they grow you need to revise it.
Thank you sweet heart, for coming to our rescue, for seeing that we needed a little tune up, for jumping in and tightening down the rigging of our little ship, setting us back on course, for saying you believe in us, and for showing our 7 year old that it is okay to do older things. Somehow it took the pressure off of me in all the right ways, letting me rest and enjoy this process of training up this little punks children.
Maybe we should make a very unobtrusive signal to each other so that you know when I need it. Like, waving a white flag as you walk in the door. I will make it all cute and stuff. I may even put some music on and dance right up to you as you walk in the door.
Peace to all who need to wait and know what it means to be rescued today!
