I was fretting a little just now, as I baked chocolate chip cookies (terrible how little my mind settles....).
I was wondering about my children's futures...what lies ahead for them? who will they become? what will their place be in this world? .... and an old fear reared it's head - that fear that asks if I became all that my parents wanted me to be...
And I suddenly assumed that all children both disappoint and delight their parents.... I'm sure that no child becomes everything that their parents wished for them, and yet, I wondered.... would I be open enough to see all that IS that I never imagined?
And God spoke to me... and told me not to worry because these are not MY children, but HIS... That I should never worry about sending my children into the world, because that is what they were made for.. that every child is His gift to the world... that He sends every child into the world to be a beautiful and wonderful part of his Creation.
They are mine to LOVE, and to cherish... to ground... to give a home... and then send them out to become all that HE created them to be.
I'll maybe sign off now to shed a few tears and take my cookies out of the oven.
Aloha,
Emily
2 comments:
Great post. Proud of you and the person you have become. So what might parent want for their children??? That they might live free of fear , walk wisely and humbly and know love.
I might need a tissue myself. Thanks for this post. I needed to hear it too:)
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