When does this change?
How does this change?
Does it have to change?
When I moved out of my parent's house, I moved in
with my 'now husband'.
When I moved out of my parent's house, I did
not know how to do laundry-completely.
When I moved out of my parent's house, I did not know
how to cook many things.
I barely knew how to boil water.
When I moved out of my parent's house, I did not know what it
meant to keep a house or raise a family.
As I prepared to be a wife the week of our wedding,
I know now that I had no idea
what I was getting into.
I had been 'playing' the part of a wife, but still did not
understand what it really meant.
When I brought my son home from the hospital, I did not
know how to change a diaper.
When I brought my daughter home from the hospital,
I did not know how to manage a two
year old and a newborn.
I watch my daughter with her dad and smile
because I see a sense of safety in her eyes and demeanor
that only a girl who has felt that will understand.
When I see my son open doors, offer to help, and find ways
to make himself available--I smile then too,
because I see a young man who is
caring, masculine, and
confident with who he is.
BUT....with all this being said....
As I watch my children becoming young adults I step back and
wonder if we have done enough to prepare them
for adulthood.
I realize that we have a little time on our hands,
but not near enough when you realize that
their training, or lack thereof, can
be the difference between
whether they are ready....or not.
Is she ready to keep a home and raise a family?
Is he ready to provide for a home and family?
Society is going to tell her that being a
God-fearing wife and mother is not
glorious enough--IT IS!!
Society is going to tell him that being a good-leading,
God-fearing husband and father
is not masculine enough--IT IS!!
Are we being diligent enough
to raise young men and women to be ready for the role
God has given them??
My prayer is that when my children step into the role God has
given them that they are ready
to meet each day ready for what He has for them,
and that they never stop being
"Daddy's little girl and Momma's little boy" at heart.
I will miss them being
here everyday, but I also know that
what I will be missing is not going to be anchored in
guilt...but rather missing their company, their opinion,
their laughter, their comraderie with each other and
saturated in knowing they are doing
exactly what God has for them.
Daddy's little girl and Momma's little boy
