I know that as a mother of teens and young adults I can't force them to make right choices. I must just love them and try to influence them in anyway that I can. When they were little it was much easier to bring them along with me to church, read scriptures, have family home evening, and say family prayers.
As they grow and become independent and the world starts to pull them in many different directions it becomes even harder for them to want to make the right choice. As they navigate through their difficult years and make decisions that would cause them to stumble, it is our job to continue to love and accept them while the Lord allows them to know the bitter so that they may appreciate the sweet!
It is a lot easier said then done. You want your children to do what is right and you want them to not have to suffer by making the wrong choices. But I am learning just how important it is to sit back, like our Farther in Heaven does, and love them and let them learn what they need to no matter how hard it is to watch them struggle.
One thing this illness has taught me is to appreciate my health on good days. I will never take my body for granted again! I will safeguard my body and never over-work or under-nourish it again!
I know I would have never learned this had I not been given this illness to endure. Without knowing the bitter I could never have tasted the sweet!
This is what I have to remember my children are learning on their own. I know Heavenly Father has an individual plan for each one of them and He is the only one that knows exactly what they must go through in order to be ready for what lies ahead of them both in this life and the life to come!
As their mother I know all I can do is LOVE them, nurture them, and be a light that shines daily so that they must know to what source they can look to for peace! My hope and prayers is that I can keep my spiritual light burning bright so my family will know the source to which it came!
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