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Remember as a kid how you could make something out of nothing
How you could use your imagination to keep yourself entertained
How you painted masterpieces that were worthy of the refrigerator
What happened
Believe it our not.
We are all in different places in life.
Some of us are married with kids and broke.
Some of us are married with no kids and rich.
Some of us are single.
Some of us are divorced with kids and struggling.
Some of us are living paycheck to paycheck.
Some of us are living with our parents again.
We are a real diverse group of people.
As for the Liscum family, we are a happy family of four. We are not perfect and not a model family by far, but what we do works for us. One of us works for the man, the other of us is self-employed. We live paycheck to paycheck and yet we see God’s amazing love for us & how he has provided for our every need and then some. Though life is tough and we have some hard times we are happy and loving life! We are living life!
This year, let’s encourage one another and celebrate with one another for those who are in abundance and lift up those who are having a tough time.
Where are you at in life right now?
One day there will be no Nerf Gun on the table…
One day there will be no rocks in their pockets…
One day there will be no more bruised knees, or cut fingers…
One day there will be no holes in the jeans…
No silly bands, Hotwheels cars, or knacks on the dresser…
No toy soldiers in the bathroom…
No toys on the stairs…
No messy room that tells you it’s a boys room…
Even though these things can make for a messy house…
Frazzled nervous…
Tiring parents…
I will mess them terribly…
Parents enjoy these things for one day they will be gone.
Can anyone relate?
Isn’t it great to be a kid and not worry about how you act or look as long as you are having fun!
Nole glad that school is out for Easter Break.
I was at the dentist office where my wife works at the other day so that my son could get his teeth cleaned. While there I noticed a little boy about 7 with a cleft lip. It looked to me to be pretty bad, but my wife told me later the little boy has had reconstructive surgery already. I don’t know why but my heart just broke for this little guy. I can only imagine the teasing and torture he will have to endure in school – all for something that is out of his control.
I found myself asking why would God allow a defect like that to happen. This world is cruel enough. A person does not need one more thing wrong with them for people to make fun of them. Now, I know all the canned things some people will say like, “well, that is the result of a sin filled world” or “we are not perfect here on earth but in heaven our bodies will be all healed and perfect.” I know these things to be true, but I still can’t help to wonder why something like this has to happen to an innocent little boy.
I do know one thing as a result of seeing him. I have been praying for him that God would protect him, watch over him, and even give him a special blessing. I guess the thing that bothers me the most is I know that children hold a special place in God’s heart and yet He allows tragic things to occur in their lives like He does for us, as adults. We see that birth defects and such all throughout God’s creation. Maybe some of it is to grab our attention, to make us aware that this world is not perfect and that we should not be happy here. And even better, maybe little children that do have defects are put here on earth to remind us to see others through God’s eyes and even in a deformity we are all created in God’s image and are beautiful.
When you boys look at me
Your spirits warm me, like a warm day in June
And my harden heart
Finds a moment of happiness in this cold world
Thank you for coming into my life with your happy smiles, big hugs, & a lot of love!
Dad
For my youngest son Nole it’s the dark (he’s seven).
For my oldest son Nathan it’s that we will run out of food (he eats everything in sight).
For my wife it’s the fear of not being able to pay the bills.
For me its have I missed the will of God in my life!
What is it for you?
Here in the South snow, for most of us, is a BIG deal!
But I’ve noticed something, snow does effects people differently.
My son, Nole, loves snow days, going outside sledding, snowmen, etc…
My wife she stays inside all day, getting cabin fever.
I like the snow too. It’s a great time to relax and spend time with the family.
How do you spend your snow day?
Like most parents I say to my children “that’s nice dear”, “yes I’ll do that”, or “wow, that’s really neat.” I say these things not really giving them much thought, because to tell you the truth my mind is on something else – something that I deem as more important than listing to my kids.
From time to time, just answering your kid without any real thought to what you just said will come back and bit the parent. Two weeks ago my boys asked if we could all camp downstairs in the den by the fireplace, like a campout. I told them not tonight but maybe next time Nathan comes we can. Well it’s two weeks later, Nathan’s here and Nole, my youngest, said “tonight we get to camp out in the den.” Man, I was hoping they would have forgotten about that promise. I can fee the back pain already that I know I will have if I follow through with this. An hour or so goes by and Nathan, the oldest, says “dad. I can’t wait until we camp out tonight.” So guess what. I’m camping out tonight.
My sons have shown me a valuable lesson. Even though I have broken countless promises to them, they still believe with everything in them that I will be with them tonight in the den for this amazing campout. This has some major spiritual implications to me, too many to begin to name.
This brings me to this question, can I have the same trust in my Savior, as my two boys have in me? I believe that I can.
Today on my way home from work I heard a song that took me “back in the day.” It was “It must have been love” by the great Swedish band Roxette. My Sirius Radio said it was a hit in 1990. However, to me it seemed liked yesterday I was roller-skating to the song. So here I am twenty years later in my truck with Nole, my seven-year-old saying, “that song sounds so old”. Way to go Nole make your dad few like an old man! I love “back in the day” songs.
What song puts you back in the day? Better yet how has someone made you feel old?
