A Good Lesson Learned

I know it seems weird, but I still learn lessons every now and then.  I learned a valuable one today.  My son came home today with one of those notes...you know those notes...the ones that tell you stuff you don't want to hear.  He had some work due that was late being turned in, and he had been called down in class a couple of times.  I knew that it was my obligation as the father to "nip this in the bud" right now.  I needed to explain to him in no uncertain terms that this was unacceptable behavior; that he was going to be punished; and that this had better not happen ever again.  As I got ready to drop the hammer, it occurred to me that I was really messing up.  I was judging him on his actions while I judged myself by my intentions.  I let myself skate when I "forgot" something or messed something up, but I was not treating him the same way.  Now, I am still gonna discipline him because I am entrusted with his upbringing, but I am going to temper it just a little.  He's a good kid who messed up, and I need to remember that.

First blog

Wow, this is new...a place to write and create with few boundaries.  I think about a lot of stuff as I go thru the day.  Man, life is good!  I see the trees and and the bushes start to bud, and it reminds me of God.  Then it makes me mad because people belive there is no God.   Like everything we had just ...bang...happened by pure accident...accidently fell together in a certain order and pattern  that made it work.  Watching the sunrise and seeing the puples and the red and the yellows, but it just happend by accident...no plan or reason.  or, watching a bunch of girls or boys play soccer...I know very little about soccer...but to watch them play is a reminder of God...He wants us to play in his kingdom,  More later as I get used to this stuff