I just couldn't resist the temptation of taking time to write down my thoughts just one more time today. At the suggestion of my friend, otherwise known as the inspiration, I watched the Amazing Race. I was told that the young girl named Rachael was nothing less than a replica of my daughter Grace.
I tuned in with the anticipation of seeing what others see in my daughter. As I began to watch my mind began to wonder. This seems to be an on going problem for me today. I began to think about Grace. What I wanted for her in this life. How I pray that she walk daily in the presence of God. My hearts desire for her is that she hears and recognizes the voice of God in her life. And that as she hears His voice she will submit her life to HIS will.
Maybe I haven't stopped dreaming. Maybe, just maybe, I dream for her now! Does dreaming for my daughter require that I stop dreaming for myself? She is after all an extension of me. Do my dreams simply fulfill themselves in her? If so, is it not a lot to expect her to fulfill my dreams as well as her own?
WOW! I think this is something I am really going to have to pray about. I hope I am prepared to hear the answer! There is nothing quiet as scary as knowing God is going to show you something. Especially, if you feel unprepared to see it.
I tuned in with the anticipation of seeing what others see in my daughter. As I began to watch my mind began to wonder. This seems to be an on going problem for me today. I began to think about Grace. What I wanted for her in this life. How I pray that she walk daily in the presence of God. My hearts desire for her is that she hears and recognizes the voice of God in her life. And that as she hears His voice she will submit her life to HIS will.
Maybe I haven't stopped dreaming. Maybe, just maybe, I dream for her now! Does dreaming for my daughter require that I stop dreaming for myself? She is after all an extension of me. Do my dreams simply fulfill themselves in her? If so, is it not a lot to expect her to fulfill my dreams as well as her own?
WOW! I think this is something I am really going to have to pray about. I hope I am prepared to hear the answer! There is nothing quiet as scary as knowing God is going to show you something. Especially, if you feel unprepared to see it.
1 comments:
Since Grace is so much like my Sierra, I need to say something to you. She will have her own dreams, and they will probably not resemble anything you have in mine for her. So start preparing yourself now for the life she chooses. Pull yourself far enough away that her decisions do not destroy you. The headstrong, controlling issues our children have, come from us. So we naturally wrap ourselves around them. I have come to find out, that is not healthy. Because, they will unwrap themselves from us or they will yank themselves from us. Either way there are scars. We just get to decide how deep the scars will be.
Love you,
Lisa
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