Think of your children, if you have them. You hold a significant gift for them.
What do you want for them?
If you’re like most parents, you want the best for them. You want them to be healthy, happy, lively, participating in life, enjoying it, partaking of it. You hope they will be involved with others in a meaningful way. You want them to have minds of their own, not just be little, compliant robots, doing what you want (well, maybe occasionally that would be nice!).
You hope they will make good choices, that benefit them, as well as others around them in the world. Over all, you want life to go well for them. You wish no hardship on them. In fact, you want to protect them from harm’s way.
What do you want from them?
In return for loving them, raising them, pouring yourself out for them, providing for them, you hope they will love you back. You hope they will treat you and others with respect and honor. You hope that they will be honest, authentic, real. Deep down, you hope they will listen to you, trusting that what you say and do is for their best interest. You want them to follow your directions, so all goes well for them, and so that you can live in as much peace as possible while you’re together.
If I am vastly off track, and out of touch about this, PLEASE let me know. I am merely basing this off of what I’ve experienced and seen so far, in my 40+ years of life.
But if I am right…if any of this resonates with you, then I want to point out how the desires of your own heart reflect and mirror the heart of another dad. That dad is the father and creator of all life.
All the goodness in your heart, all the best wishes you have for your kids, all the dreams you have for them, all the ways you provide for them, and try to protect the, all of it comes straight from God’s heart.
Those things in your heart? They are HIS very wishes for you as well. He wants the best for you! He want you to have a mind of your own, but He hopes you will trust Him, and listen to Him, respect Him, and obey Him when He gives you direction. All that it may go well with you. He too has a gift for you.
He truly wants the best for you.~
By Nancy L. Kenaston
January 7th, 2012
