I am so excited about this Christmas! I have three beautifully and wonderfully made daughters and I cannot wait to shower them with gifts! They dont always get it right but thats the beauty of who they are!! They are growing, developing and thriving young leaders!! I love having the honor of being their mother; molding and shaping who they are for both today and tomorrow! I love being able to celebrate them and look forward to this Christmastime! During a conversation with a friend about Christmas shopping, I was asked if my oldest actually deserves a certain item on her list because she always doesnt do the best job at keeping her room clean, or following a series of directions without being redirected. I had to think, does she still deserve this certain gift from me (it costs a lot!) even though she is still sometimes disobedient? Does she deserve the effort and sacrifice that it will take to find and purchase it for her?? My answer to that is this: Do WE deserve our Christmas gift? We dont always listen to God speaking to our intuition when he asks us to quiet ourselves before we say something that will undoubtedly hurt the reciever. We often cut corners when it comes to our acts of service or kindness to others. We are often selfish towards those we should love the most because it is easy to take those particular folk for granted. We are all guilty of stealing at one or more points in our life if we are brave enough to be honest with ourself. Im pretty sure we are even guilty of being envious of our neighbors a time or two and allowing that to color the way we speak to them of treat them. So, do WE still deserve a Christmas gift? Do WE deserve to receive some of the things we ask from the universe that are above our pay grade?? God thinks we do! Our Creator looked at us, these flawed creatures that we are, an HE still said YES! We find new ways to devalue and destroy the very beings that God made and called GOOD!! And he still sent us the Ultimate gift, which was not just a gift but a SACRIFICE!! He KNEW that we would NEVER get it right, but He Still Called Us Good!!! He knew that we would never be able to clean up our rooms, our homes, our lives!! Not like He Can!! So he helped us out! He had grace and mercy on us because He Loves Us So Much! He offered a gift that leveled the playing field, ensuring that we still have a chance in this life and in the next! I look forward to showing at least a PORTION of this type of Love, Validation, Grace on Christmas Day toward my children. Because truth be told, we can always find a reason that NONE OF US deserve all that we have and all that we are to receive, but I like Gods approach. He still looked at us and said YOU ARE STILL WORTH IT AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Now THAT is how I feel about my sweet Michaeyla-Nicole Denise!! My brilliant child who tries her BEST every day. Who isnt perfect but still deserves to be celebrated for all that she is and all that she will become!! THAT is how I feel about my Kaiden Ayalna Faith who has major temper tantrums when she doesnt get her way but afterwards will hold and hug you and pat your back to tell you she is sorry since she hasnt developed enough language to say the words yet! and, yes, THAT is exactly how I feel about my brand new Madison Marie who is absolutely PERFECT to me now and still will be in my eyes even after she learns that she is her own person and begins to flex her will against mine. I feel this way because, thank heavens...after all of the STOOOOPID stuupid mistakes I have made, after all of the stupid men I fell for when God said dont go there, after all of the foul words and new curse words Ive invented, after every unladylike choice Ive made in these 30 years and after ever screw up during the next 30... God gifted me with Love, Grace, Redemption, Another Chance!! He will still grant me the desires of my heart like he has already done! He will still allow my family and life and business to flourish! God still said He will make SURE I have what I need and he even cares about what I want! He will still let me continue to travel the world! He will still protect my health, vitality, relationships, goals, everything! I dont and wont deserve it all! But GOD SAID I AM STILL WORTH IT! (NicoleLawsonMiles)
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:34:38 +0000
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