Today is a cold, wet day in my corner of the world. Every time it is rainy and gloomy outside I just want to curl up with a book, wrapped up in my warmest clothes and read all day. I do not really get a chance now with a little one who is down to one nap a day. If I am not chasing her around the house, I am trying to clean or prepare food of some sort during her down times.
Even now I am watching her drag around a book half her size trying to get it to me so she can show me her favorite pages. I look at her in amazement these days; it is hard to imagine that not that long ago she was this tiny thing that wanted to do nothing but eat, poop, and sleep. I am sure as she keeps growing that I will still be amazed just how quickly time flies.
For a while now we have been reading her Bible stories before she goes to bed, and I am realizing more and more how much work really goes into raising a child for the Lord. It would be much easier to just read a quick story then put her to bed, and sing to her songs about teapots and forget the ones about Jesus; but in reality, the weight of responsibility to raise her the way God would have us to is very humbling.
Raising a child is not just teaching, but reacting. The child will learn more from how you react to situations than how you tell them to handle it. I read in another blog earlier this week that a daughter sees Christ in her mother by how she treats her husband and handles other situations. It is not a guarantee that they will follow you in living for Christ, but they are at least seeing an example of how a christian woman acts to exemplify Christ.
Now it is time for me to fix my little monkey some lunch, and hopefully have chance to read that book later :).
Thanks for stopping in and reading my ramblings!
-Amber
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