This is my sweet girl.
We had a bit of a challenging day.
I was recognzing that I can't make her want to honor her brothers.
I was realizing that I can't make her respect our authority.
I was reminded that I can't make her feel bad for something she has done.
What I can do is pray.
So I did. And a desperate kind of prayer at that.
My 12 year old niece is staying with me and she showers every night then spends time with Jesus.
So now my little Em (who adores her) is doing the same. I got her a journal and tonight this is what she wrote to God,
"honer. honer. honer. (honor)
help. hlep. help. i need hlep with honering other pepol.
if you cod help me with that I wold be honred by you."
To be honest, that's a better quiet time than I had today.
I'm glad that God answers prayer.
And I'm glad that I can learn from the heart of a 7 year old
that I need "hlep" too.
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She's getting it! Now if only my prayers would be answered that quickly...respect, obey, control temper...Oh yeah, mommy needs work in the patience department :)
Wow.
honer. i sure need some of that as well, emmy. :) hmmm. i sure do love your little girl.
Oh man, that is awesome! It is awesome to get to that point where you know there is no earthly way YOU can make them who they're going to be. A lot of peace in prayer, huh?
PS. Missy, I've been meaning to share this with you...the blog of a non-profit that one of the families in our church set up after adopting from Ethiopia. I thought you might appreciate it.
http://fromhivtohome.blogspot.com/
I yelled hello to Bill while he was on the phone with Bret tonight...miss you!
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