Our path may be uncertain, but may we take strength in where we end up!

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

I look back on how my nephew grew up around me, and I can only be thankful for how (relatively) well he has turned out thus far. Man that kid was horrible, and I was far from a righteous uncle that 'trained him in the way he should go' when I was younger! I said and did things around him that I thought were really hilarious at the time, but looking back make me wince in sheer stupidity and short sightedness. Fortunately, God is ever faithful, and remembers the prayers of His chosen. Having grown up in a divorced household myself, I relate to him and others who grew up with their parents not talking to each other. It really does have long lasting (permanent really) effects on a child.

When I went to the Michael W. Smith show yesterday, I feel that God gave me a vision that I will one day either adopt a child or children, or be in some place that I will be a mentor to many of them. Kids are so pure in heart, even when they say mean and unfriendly things, that I can't help but take mental notes. I often find myself trying to escape to memories of being a kid again, living a much more carefree life than I do now. It feels like God's way of saying 'I want you to be My child; don't strive for things that are too much for you to handle." Like a child trusts in the hand that feeds them, let us find solace in the power of our Father!