Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Children Can Cause Learning

It’s interesting the things that children say that can lead to life lessons. Our daughter asked my wife to convey a holiday request to her grandmother, my wife’s mother. Seems simple enough, right? Unfortunately it was not well received and lead to some disharmony between my wife and her mother. My wife was upset as we talked about it last night as it had happened yesterday. It was unfortunate because what was originally intended to be a happy moment was dulled by the disagreement. My wife prayed about it and decided to do something to actually build her mother up.

This morning on the way to work my wife called her mother. She apologized for bringing up the subject, even though it was her mother that had become upset. My wife could have just waited for her mother to apologize, but she did not go that way. She apologized – the higher road – even though she had done nothing wrong. The result was her mom was lifted up and was able to also express understanding. Now all is well.

As we come to the holiday season, perhaps I could learn a thing or two from my wife?

Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You as the Most High. We thank You for all You do, and for taking the higher way – Your way. Please help us to follow Your lead. Please help us to build one another up. Please help us to meet our needs and the needs of those around us. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.