It is ''Throwback Thursday' on Facebook which got me reminiscing.
I must apologize for holding in this nugget of wisdom for so long & not sharing it with the world.
These are my kiddo's
The angelic smiles on a Sunrise Service Morning
The exuberance that Jesus is not dead.
He is alive. He is alive in deed.
And.................the early budding signs of a boy's love for MMA
This kind of looks like my son was the one to invent Gagem Style. These pics are from 2009 after all
Looking at these photos,
I realize it is blaringly obvious that these are "Pastor's Kids."
I do not have the best parenting style to ever exist in the christian circles........
But, for a moment on a crisp fall day in 2009
I had a stroke of brilliance!
(yes, yes, let us all pause a moment and thank the Holy Spirit for speaking wisdom through me.
I am all about giving credit where credit is due)
But, Dang! I sounded GENIUS & that advice has proven helpful for each of my kids.
I picked up my oldest daughter from some type of churchy class one afternoon.
I could tell by her unusual silence something was not quite right.
And. Then. She. Spoke.
"Mom, the kids were making fun of me because I didn't know the answer to one of the questions."
"They all say I should know everything because Daddy is the Pastor."
This is where I sent up a few of those: ""Give me a Grand Answer & Quick" Prayers
& out of my mouth like a stream in a desert came this-
Tell me.
Pause
Pause
Silence.............waiting for it..........Come on Jesus! What should I say?..........
What types of jobs do the dads of the other kids have?
Mechanic
Accountant
Carpenter
Alright.
Next time they tell you that you should know it all because of your daddy's job
ask them what there daddy does.
If they say "He is a Mechanic."
Ask them to explain to you what a tie rod is & how to replace it.
-I only know what it is because it broke on our van once :)
If dad happens to be an Accountant
Ask them. "How much did you figure your parents will have to pay in taxes this year?"
Surgeon?
"How do you perform an appendectomy?"
To my delight.
A look of relief & a smile appeared.
I have since shared this story with the other two children
who got into the van after some type of churchy class
quiet
confused
a little sad
Only this time I was ready!
Ready like a Lutheran turned to page 656 "A Mighty Fortress" on Reformation Sunday.
If you happen to see one of my kids in church bent over the pew in reverence.............
chances are they are not in deep pray.
They are probably about to faint in hunger.
You see, none of them can drive yet & James and I most likely
still have "a few more things to finish" before we go home & feed the hungry bear
Go ahead offer them some fruit snacks.
Just don't ask them to explain the trinity or the meaning behind Luther's seal.
They may know? They have been in many churchy classes since 2009)
If they don't know the answer they will ask you what your daddy does & may even expect a power point presentation on
Proper grocery bagging
Fuse box repair
Engine rebuilding
How to cast a broken arm
1 Corinthians 12:4-11English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
