Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a very blessed year. I plan to blog my 2012 goals, but, in all honesty, I haven't figured them all out yet. So, I've decided until then, I'd share a bit from this past week.
Britany left on Thursday to go to Tennesee with her youth group to a Xtreme Winter Conference. They saw Toby Mac, David Crowder, Switchfoot, and a few others. They also heard good speakers.
It was very hard for me to let her go off that far without me, but, I knew she was in good hands with Pastor Kyle and the other chaperones. I talked to her often, and she was having a really good time. I am so thankful for our church, for our youth, the chaperones and for Pastor Kyle and his wife Allie stepping up to lead our youth until we get a permanent youth pastor.
I shed a few tears while she was gone, not because I missed her, ( I did miss her), but because I am just so blown away by who she has become. I remember when she was in Kindergarten, I was called in for several meetings that all started with her teacher letting out a big sigh and rubbing the bridge of her nose. Any mom knows what comes after that. So, everyday, Id whisper a prayer that she would just go with the flow, be like the other kids, for her to quit trying to tell others what to do, etc. It didn't help, but as she grew older,she did become better with the rules, and the teacher talks were much better. I was thinking about those prayers I prayed back then, it seems like just yesterday, and thought of how I have completely reversed those words to God now that she is in middle school. My prayers now are Lord, help my daughter to take a stand for you, help her not try to fit in and be like everyone else. Help her to stand up for herself and speak out if someone uses your name in vain, or hurts a friends feelings. So, I guess God used all that headstrongness, is that even a word, for good, and I couldn't be prouder. She is everything I wanted to be at her age, outgoing, loving, a great organizer, sweet as can be, has tons of friends and isn't afraid to speak up for herself or others. That was never me, and probably never will be. But, Im just happy to be mom to this girl, who is proud to be a "Jesus Freak" too!
If you haven't heard the song, you should check it out. Here is the chorus.
What will people think, when they hear that I'm a Jesus Freak
What will people do when they find that it's true
I don't really care if they label me a Jesus Freak
There ain't no disguising the truth.- Jesus Freak- Toby Mac
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