Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Partners in Parenting

“Good Days and Bad Days!”

“So, how was your day?”  These are pretty common words shared amongst family members.  Parents ask their kids the question referring to school.  Spouses ask each other the question referring to each other’s work day.  Our sincere hope for our family members is that they have indeed had a good day and not a bad day.  Ideally, everyone would respond to that question with a glowing response filled with wonderful details about the abundance of blessings showered upon them by amazing people throughout the entire experience of their day…YEAH RIGHT!  (sarcasm intended)  Notice I started that sentence with the word “ideally.”  We don’t live in an ideal world.  Instead, we live in a sinful world.  Kids don’t go to school with 100% “ideal” classmates.  Adults do not work with “ideal” coworkers.  None of us live next to 100% “ideal” neighbors.  In fact, none of us are “ideal” to everyone else, and I guess now…I’m just wondering what “ideal” even means.

I want my kids to have good days, but I also know that God’s Word is truth, and some days will not be the fantastic experience we all hoped for.  Matthew 6:34b  Jesus says, “Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  I think we would be wise to celebrate and acknowledge all the good days, but also all the good things in each day.  Whether the day as a whole was good or bad, there are good things to take from that day.  Taking good things from the day instead of dwelling on the bad things can be the perspective that actually makes the day a good day!!  Celebrate it!

Family Discussion Points!

Discuss the ideal friend, parent, child, neighbor, etc. – tough to do!!

Talk about the good things from the day – ONLY the good things.  Nothing bad.  That’s hard to do, isn’t it?

Celebrate and thank God for all the good parts of each day on a daily basis even if it is just thinking about them during your drive time.

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