The WHAT and WHY and LOCATION of CONFIDENCE
If we had the choice and if we knew that tomorrow was going to bring a trial, would you go there? People are funny like that. I'm like, well I'm not going THERE! And of course we might have a difficult time going to sleep becasue of what was waiting for us. As mature people, we know we should want to see tomorow no matter what. We can all use a little help and that's why God does NOT tell us everything. And I believe it's also why there are only 24 hours in a day. Lord knows how looooong I could make a day last, just ask my husband. And this isn't always a good thing!
With our son, the last 16 years have been such a wonderful adventure.......................all considered! Sometimes you have to "average it out", but none the less a full-of-wonder-continuing-adventure. Whew! we made it through that! (I write this with a smile.) That's the key isn't it? Continuing and going through.
Every now and then I write a special note for my son and place it on the counter in his bathroom where he can see it in the morning. He doesn't usually comment about the note and I don't expect one. It isn't meant for conversation. It's like a seed planted on good soil that will grow as it is cared for. You know what I mean, something to be tucked away for later.
This particular note comes after a "bump" in the car from a downtown excursion. You know the phone call from your husband that starts off like this. "He is OKAY, but...........................this is what happened." Praise God! Nothing else matters for a few moments. As a mom, you know I'm right no matter how spiritual you think you are. A few moments later you ask for ALL the details.
This particular day of encouraging him was about confidence. When confidence is shaken, what does it look like and how do you restore it? The question is where is your confidence? The note was this:
Son,
You are filled with confidence. The Christ that lives in you is your assurance of that. Awareness of this confidence is made evident with steps of action applied to it. Wisdom and discernment are partners with confidence and walk along side it. I have always prayed for the bumps and bruises to be small as you learn the lessons of life in the spiritual and the physical. Things breaking, dents in the car, scratches in furniture and the like................are 'things'. That's all. Keep moving forward. Get through 'things' and beyond them. It's all preparation........... the forerunner to your dreams. God has more for you than you can even imagine.
Love,
Mom
Summer
2010
