who can resist cousins playing and just enjoying each other??

aren’t you glad God created family?  there is this amazing bond that unites family, a bond that cannot be broken.  even when you “hate” each other, you are still family.  people even try to legally deny family members… but they are still family.  and families are interesting.  the dynamics within a family is interesting.  i have never seen two the same!  i guess they are like snowflakes and fingerprints!  God gives us just what we need!

speaking of fingerprints and family…. i have been thinking about my fingerprint on my family!  as a mom, i know that i set the temperature of my house, i will color every experience my children have, i will change the day they have, i help (through the Lord) model them.  you cannot deny the fingerprint of a mom!  i see my mom all over me and in me!  it’s something that i celebrate- good or bad!  and i pray that when my little men are big men, changing the world, they too will look back, see only the good and praise the Lord!

speaking of temperature of the home… what degree is your home set to, emotionally speaking?  it’s our choice right?  i have a friend who often reminds me that i set my own limits.  i can choose what eyes i look at my boys and our challenges through.  i getermine what pushes me over the edge- or i can choose to stand firm in love.  so it’s something i am working on- that whole self-control thing.  it’s a tough one!  but, man I want my boys to model self-control from me and not my bad tendencies!

so, today and I thankful for family.  i am thankful that they accept me as i am.  i am thankful that they make me a better person.  i am thankful that i learn from each of them and that together we make a better unit!  thanks, Lord, for designing us to need relationships, others and You!

enjoy your family today!