Yesterday morning I went to babysit two of my granddaughters for the day. I arrived around 7 a m, and A. (3) was laying down watching the royal wedding on tv.
I cuddled up next to her and asked her if she had seen the new princess. She said she had, and then proceeded to ask a lot of questions about what was on the television. I told her to look for the Queen, that she was wearing a yellow hat and dress. When she saw her, I pointed out that she was the prince's grandmother. "She is his grandma. You know how you have a grandma? Well, she is his."
"And YOU are MY grandma!!" She said, with a huge sleepy smile.
"Yes, I am!", I said, kissing her head with a lump in my throat.
Mine. That little word means so much. It claims ownership and worth. It is something valuable that attaches us to the possession by heartstrings. It takes time for us to learn what is ours, and what is not. From an early age, we begin learning this lesson.
A.'s sister, J. is beginning to learn it. She is only 1, and as far as she is concerned...EVERYTHING is hers!! "Mine, Mine, Mine!" She's in the process of learning that everything is not hers.
For those of us who are believers, we have to learn that lesson, also. In actuality, NOTHING belongs to us. Everything belongs to God. In, Psalm 50:12 God declares, "The world is mine, and all that is in it." Although we are not one year old, we tend to think of our possessions as , "Mine, Mine, Mine!" It is really owned by God, but given to us to be caretaker of.
Anything we have, is a gift from God. The Bible declares in "Every good and perfect gift comes from heaven." How do we treat those gifts that we have? Do we treat them like something to be treasured, or after the 'new' wears off forget about them?
The gifts we have include the people that God has placed in our life. Do we treasure them, or after the 'new' wears off, do we take them for granted?
Our friends and family don't "belong" to us, but God has placed them in our lives for a reason. They are given to us, to enrich and bless our lives. Do we wonder about whether or not they are a 'gift' sometimes? Probably! Coexisting with them, we discover the lessons we need to learn. Many times it is all in our point of view. It's one thing to see them as people...quite another in looking at them as a personal gift from God.
Thank you, God for the gifts in my life.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17)
I cuddled up next to her and asked her if she had seen the new princess. She said she had, and then proceeded to ask a lot of questions about what was on the television. I told her to look for the Queen, that she was wearing a yellow hat and dress. When she saw her, I pointed out that she was the prince's grandmother. "She is his grandma. You know how you have a grandma? Well, she is his."
"And YOU are MY grandma!!" She said, with a huge sleepy smile.
"Yes, I am!", I said, kissing her head with a lump in my throat.
Mine. That little word means so much. It claims ownership and worth. It is something valuable that attaches us to the possession by heartstrings. It takes time for us to learn what is ours, and what is not. From an early age, we begin learning this lesson.
A.'s sister, J. is beginning to learn it. She is only 1, and as far as she is concerned...EVERYTHING is hers!! "Mine, Mine, Mine!" She's in the process of learning that everything is not hers.
For those of us who are believers, we have to learn that lesson, also. In actuality, NOTHING belongs to us. Everything belongs to God. In, Psalm 50:12 God declares, "The world is mine, and all that is in it." Although we are not one year old, we tend to think of our possessions as , "Mine, Mine, Mine!" It is really owned by God, but given to us to be caretaker of.
Anything we have, is a gift from God. The Bible declares in "Every good and perfect gift comes from heaven." How do we treat those gifts that we have? Do we treat them like something to be treasured, or after the 'new' wears off forget about them?
The gifts we have include the people that God has placed in our life. Do we treasure them, or after the 'new' wears off, do we take them for granted?
Our friends and family don't "belong" to us, but God has placed them in our lives for a reason. They are given to us, to enrich and bless our lives. Do we wonder about whether or not they are a 'gift' sometimes? Probably! Coexisting with them, we discover the lessons we need to learn. Many times it is all in our point of view. It's one thing to see them as people...quite another in looking at them as a personal gift from God.
Thank you, God for the gifts in my life.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. (James 1:17)
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