One day after my two older children had left on an outing with their grammy, I was home alone with my three year old son and napping three month old daughter.
I received a phone call from my husband who had been at work all day, and I was eager to talk to him. As we were chatting, my three year old ran into the room, and began to play with the baby's swing. He pushed it roughly, and switched on buttons, and music played, while the swing rocked quickly forward and back without the weight of a baby in it.
"Stop messing with the swing!" I snapped, more interested in getting back to my conversation with my husband.
The three year old switched the buttons off, and then on again in a flash, and ran out of the room.
"Little turkey!" I yelled.
"I not a turkey!" he yelled back.
"Did he just say he's not a turkey?" my husband laughed. "You can have what you say, you know."
That phrase. "You can have what you say." I know it to be true. But how often do I observe outward appearances and call it as I see it? Had the stress of motherhood made me forget to speak good things over my children, rather than just labeling them by the looks of their behavior?
Our culture applauds those who "say what's real", and so we value people when they make seemingly accurate observations. As Christians, though, we're called to go beyond that. To see beyond the see-able. To see what God sees.
In Genesis, we see the universe in chaos. Thankfully, God chose to see past that. He said, "let there be light."
My son came back in the room. "You're a blessing," I said to him.
"OH! Thank you, mom!" he beamed.
Let's build up our children to be the awesome men and women God has called them to be!
What phrases can you speak over your children to affirm who they are in Christ?
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