hmmmm

I was just looking at my daughter, she's sitting on the couch reading. I was thinking that I love that she reads. I love that she stays in the living room while I watch TV even though I know she would rather read in her own room without the distractions but she doesn't want to leave me out here alone. She just does it because she thinks it's the right thing to do. I love how she defends the underdog in every situation. The longer I looked at her the more things I thought of that I love about her.

Then I started thinking about Trace. I love that he likes to do physical stuff. That he went with me to feed the neighbors dog today when he really just wanted to play basketball. I love that lets me waller him even though he is almost 13 years old and starting to be a grown up boy. I love that he laughs stuff off a lot and doesn't get upset that often.

I realized that I mainly focus on the wonderful, positive things about my kids. I look for ways they are like me. I love that they take time to interact with me. It makes me very happy that they make me a priority. Then I had an epiphany... It must be the same for God. (Most of my God related epiphanies come from looking at my kids.) When I look at other people, occasionally I am looking at how we are different and what bugs me about them. God is looking at all of us and focusing on the fact that we are His kids, there are a lot of wonderful, positive things about each of us. He looks for ways we are like Him. Because He loves us so much, He doesn't sit around dwelling on the things about us that aren't perfect. When we include Him in our lives, it makes him happy. Wow!

God is good all the time. Thank you God for teaching me through my kids.