Crazy Times

It has been crazy times for our group so far this fall and getting together each week has been a challenge. We've been able to meet a couple of times at night and it has been so nice to be able to talk and share without the kids running around. Speaking of kids, we are getting close to the end of our book, Grace Based Parenting. I have really enjoyed reading this book and the last chapter really convicted me. The author was discussing the importance of showing grace as children deal with difficult emotions. I think we all struggle with our kids making a big deal about something that seems so insignificant to us. But we have the passage of time and increased wisdom that comes with age to look back and realize the things that we had made a huge deal about as kids, really were not that big of a deal. I need to work on showing grace to my 5 year old when he gets really upset about a playdate being broken or his brother not sharing with him, etc. I need to shrink myself down to his size and see how the world looks like to him and see that the world can be very disappointing, scary, confusing and time seems to crawl by. A challenge indeed but an important one.