Me and my Aunt Kim sitting by the pool~ she is four years older and has been one of my best friends.
Proverbs 27:17
King James Version (KJV)
17Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Have you ever watched someone sharpen a knife? When all that grinding starts ~sparks fly out. I always think of this verse as people grinding on one another's nerves.
I have done that~ how about you? It does not help one bit~ I promise.
The verse is saying to be keener in our perceptions, sharper in our wit and more directed in our energies. Spouting off mean and hateful words is not going to build our friends~ or our family for that matter.
If we talk big but live small~ others will not be drawn to us. We will be like a tinkling brass to their ears.
I have many friends but a few very close and intimate friends that have become close as a brother. Why? Because they encourage me and build me up.
I am learning a new role in life. I am the mother of grown adult women. I have decided to be someone they want to spend time with. Recently a Christian friend and Pastor told me. "If you admire more than advice~ those girls of yours will want to spend time with their Momma."
I have made a vow because I want them to want to spend time with me without manipulating or guilting them to do so. This is a hard transition when you have spent a lifetime being their Momma~ but it is now time to be their cheerleader, their friend, their encourager.
As hard as it is to make this transition it has become one of my goals in life. Life will be cutting enough~ they will have lessons to learn and crosses to bear just as I had to do and each generation before me. They have a different journey than mine and praise God ~ He will give them what they need for their journey much better than I can.
If you can tell my heart is still tender but the tears are starting to dry. I have released each of my girls to their Father's care and I know without a doubt that He will get them to the other side.
My two Washington girls facetimed me last night as they were making supper and it just did my heart good because they wanted me to be a part of that moment. What a blessing.
The sharpest knives have sheaths on them to protect us from being cut. Likewise~ the people who have been through the steely grinding of hardship need to be sheathed in empathy.
Our intentions and words should never meant to be cutting~ or to put someone in their place. We need to realize that truth's edge will be severe enough and we need not bear down ~ cutting or wounding people.
Lets not get confused but rather realize that it is not our job to be the Holy Spirit in the lives of our family or friends. We can offer keen truths we have learned but the Holy Spirit alone forges character.
Have you ever watched someone sharpen a knife? When all that grinding starts ~sparks fly out. I always think of this verse as people grinding on one another's nerves.
I have done that~ how about you? It does not help one bit~ I promise.
The verse is saying to be keener in our perceptions, sharper in our wit and more directed in our energies. Spouting off mean and hateful words is not going to build our friends~ or our family for that matter.
If we talk big but live small~ others will not be drawn to us. We will be like a tinkling brass to their ears.
I have many friends but a few very close and intimate friends that have become close as a brother. Why? Because they encourage me and build me up.
My beautiful girls~
I am learning a new role in life. I am the mother of grown adult women. I have decided to be someone they want to spend time with. Recently a Christian friend and Pastor told me. "If you admire more than advice~ those girls of yours will want to spend time with their Momma."
I have made a vow because I want them to want to spend time with me without manipulating or guilting them to do so. This is a hard transition when you have spent a lifetime being their Momma~ but it is now time to be their cheerleader, their friend, their encourager.
As hard as it is to make this transition it has become one of my goals in life. Life will be cutting enough~ they will have lessons to learn and crosses to bear just as I had to do and each generation before me. They have a different journey than mine and praise God ~ He will give them what they need for their journey much better than I can.
If you can tell my heart is still tender but the tears are starting to dry. I have released each of my girls to their Father's care and I know without a doubt that He will get them to the other side.
My two Washington girls facetimed me last night as they were making supper and it just did my heart good because they wanted me to be a part of that moment. What a blessing.
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
The sharpest knives have sheaths on them to protect us from being cut. Likewise~ the people who have been through the steely grinding of hardship need to be sheathed in empathy.
Our intentions and words should never meant to be cutting~ or to put someone in their place. We need to realize that truth's edge will be severe enough and we need not bear down ~ cutting or wounding people.
Lets not get confused but rather realize that it is not our job to be the Holy Spirit in the lives of our family or friends. We can offer keen truths we have learned but the Holy Spirit alone forges character.
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