I get a great peace of mind whenever my children, all mostly grown up now, come to visit, or whenever I can go to visit them and they say or do something that causes me to be so very proud of them. You know, as you raise them, that there are always those questions in your mind that echo doubts about whether or not the lessons you taught them have sunk in, and if they are utilizing the skills you gave them. Then they find ways to show you that everything is all right.I am proud of what they have achieved and what they are trying to achieve, for it is not in the success of it all that it matters much to me, but in the trying to succeed, and the fairness by which they play the game, and the integrity they show in the process.
I have two step daughters. One I am very proud of, and the other I still hold out hope that she'll catch on. Though I think the youngest one will have to endure many hardships before she sees that there is wisdom in what I tried to teach her. I haven't been the best step-dad. That remains the toughest job in our society today, I believe. I love them all, and I pray that God will get ahold of their hearts and minds and make them grow up to be loving, compassionate persons who think of others while not neglecting themselves.
This Sunday is Easter, the day we Christians who are truly Christians whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life, celebrate the greatest event, greatest gift God gave to all men. The gift of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Who set in motion the events that His faithful will follow. I am in praise of His creation, something a random BANG could never have accomplished. I praise God for all He is and all He has provided for me and for all of my true brothers and sisters! Not the pew warmers, not the people who claim to be Christians then live for themselves, but for those Who have placed their entire trust in Jesus for their Salvation.
Kelli has trimmed, but not stopped her drinking entirely. Yet, for some stupid reason I hang on. Is it because I am tired of re-marrying, or because I am too lazy to make changes that maybe should be made? I truly do not know. I only know that if God wants her out of my life, He alone will make that happen. For, "What God has put together, let not man put apart." So, on I go.
