Investing in Our Future
November 14, 2008
In God's sovereignty He has chosen not to give us a house full of children, although I am VERY THANKFUL for the ones He has given me. But now that they are about all grown up I miss having little ones.
Because God is so gracious to us, He has placed us in a wonderful church and given us the greatest circle of friends, most of whom have LOTS of little ones.
In a home where there are many children ranging from tots to teens the home is the perfect place to learn all about relationships. The pre-teens and teen learn all about parenting (in a sibling kind of way), especially if they are homeschooled. By the time those tots become teens, the older children will probably be married and having children of their own. It's a natural learning process. But when there are no little ones to care for, to serve, to teach, to discpline and to love on there can be a void in a person's learning about relationships, about family life, about how to care for little ones.
We want our children to be ready for marriage and children, so we are open and honest with them. We seek out ways to put them on that 'training ground'.
Today was one of those days. To get my 'fix' of some wee ones, and to give the girls some training, we spent some time with our friends that have TWO 2 year olds (one adopted, can you tell which one? lol…), a 3 year old and a 5 (6?) year old and we did a little craft. Oh yeah…this family also has a 13 year old and a 15 year old, who spent their time studing their economics lesson, while the rest of us played. ;o)
We made little Thankful Tom's.
I actually had several more pictures…BUT do you have idea how hard it is to take a picture of 4 kids that keep moving…all the other pictures are blurry! lol…
For those of you that have older daughters, are you looking for oprtunites to give them LIFE skills? Today was not only fun for us, but it was investing in my grandchildren I will have one day. Lord willing. My daughter's will be ready for family life. Right now they can laugh at their future (Proverbs 31) because they will be prepared, well much as they can be. ;o)
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Topics: Family Economics, Family Tidbits, Teaching Them Well | 1 Comment »
Comments (1)
Wow! Good for you guys! The turkey look fabulous too.
I really wish we lived closer becaue I’d let you “practice” with my littles any time you liked. I know of no teenagers (even in our church) who would even want do anything like this. Sometimes Mom just needs a helping hand too.
After I got out of college I got a job as a children’s photographer. (Mostly kids, anyway.) I knew NOTHING about little children and was actually AFRAID of them! Of course, I’ve gotten over that–a long, long time ago. It would have been wonderful to have spent some time with children (other than my siblings who are very close to my age) as I was growing up.
Keep up the good work!
Blessings–
Dana