Sneeze,Sneeze….aaah…the sound of lawn mowers!  Yep, I am allergic to grass so not so great for me.  Time to shut up the windows.    I jsut woke from a little hour nap.  Tommy is still napping and hubby is mowing our lawn.   Josh is working and Erik is downstairs.  


I think I am actually going to go read for a while until Tommy wakes up, then I will do dishes and more laundry.   I will grab this quiet time while I can.  


Sermon today was very good.  They are doing a series.  Today was about a life well lived and contributing to life and your church.   My hubby and I contribute in many ways to the church but how we raise our children and make them a priority in our lives is also contributing to me.   My hubby and I will have plenty of time for other pursuits once our children are grown.  I feel that the most important job we have right now is to raise good christian children.   My oldest is going to be 17 next month.    I look at him and I know all we do is so worth it.   More than my children having good grades, what I want most for them is to be a person of good character.   That is what stays with you for the rest of your life.   My oldest has good character, is kind, honest, respectful and loving and have never gotten into any sort of trouble.   What a blessing…..now his grades…..are on the average side since homework isn’t his favorite.  Though in the last year he has been on the honor roll every quarter.  The importance of grades in his life has become apparaent to him.  I know I have had a life well lived if people continue to come up to me in church and tell me what nice young boys I have.   They aren’t good, nice boys by accident, it takes ALOT of work and dedication to making rasing your children your priority. 


Proverbs 22:6 admonishes parents, “Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.” (NLT) It is a sobering thought when we realize that ultimately we control our children’s destination.  I truly believe that who my children are when they are 25 is all our fault!


Make your children your priority!   You have them for such a short amount of time and make the largest impact on them, good and bad.  

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