Take time to know and adore their innocents

Allen and I took the kids to one of our local parks. For such a small town we have a few. I love days as this. Its fun watching them run around with all their childhood excitement of "The Park". I remember feeling this way when I was a little girl. My mother and I went to the park often. This day we picked up some goodies and spent a few hours there until the sun started to go down.

One thing I noticed to be a little sad before leaving was three young teenage girls. They were dresses in clothes that were high and low cut. All three of them were holding cell phones and talking about boys as if my family was not even there. I remember thinking does your mother look at you today and ask herself where did my baby go? Does your father want to know more about your life and who you are? I can remember playing at this park when I was a teen maybe even sounding and saying some of the same things they were. We are just not as smart for a few years. My grandma calls it going up fools hill. As I stated before it was just sad for me to watch them trying so hard to look cool, consumed by their looks and boys. It some ways its a stage of innocents. Still not knowing they can just be who God made them to be. Oh how I don't want this for my children. Yes, I do know they will go through somewhat of a teenage phase, we all do but I hope they remember who they are and don't worry about impressing the people around them. Most importantly I pray they stay close to Christ. After noticing them and drifting into thoughts of teenage years I looked over at my children's three little faces and was reminded to take time to know and adore their innocents. It goes so fast. Such a huge reason to spend time with your children, letting them be little. Before you know it years will have past.

Let them play in the rain making mud pies, Let them paint even if it covers their little bodies, let them help you cook even it it makes a bigger mess` taking more time, read with them when you want to read your own magazine, get in the floor and play games even when you are tired, help them be who they were made to be,listen to them talk, answer their hundreds of questions, embrace the gift of introducing them to this big world, We try our best for our children to experience all the small things in life along with the big. So many of us forget about the small important gifts. Above all help them to learn and come to know Christ in their everyday lives~