Teenage Sensibility

Devon is the wise one in our family. One question that he is always asking me is: "Are you mad at me?" We were driving last night and I asked him why he always asks me that question. I asked him if I was saying or doing something that made it seem that I was mad at him. He just answered, 'You're just so quiet.' I am realizing that it is perhaps my anxiety that unnerves him and he sees through this. I am sometime anxious and don't want to talk about it, so I get pensive, and he thinks I'm mad. Maybe I am, I don't know. Just leave to Devon to bring out the best in me, or leave it to Devon to help me see things as they are.

I was complaining to him during our walk and he told me, hey just get off your butt and do something about it, instead of complaining. Wise words.

God is using Devon to give me a gentle kick in the butt at times. I know that I do this for Devon too, but that's just what parents do by nature.

He notes when I am getting overly riled up and tells me so, in a sensible, in-your-face manner. The kind of comment that makes me consider it, because it is in-your-face, but loving.

We are finding that our God is true to His Word. He is faithful. Our sorrow and our trials are testing his promises.

BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) is especially helpful here. God's word is foundational and is living. These words are not just words sitting there on the printed page, but are words of life, words that you can count on. Sure, we stray and fall, but God's word remains even though we are unfaithful, He is faithful.

Our walks in the morning and time in the Word, I am finding are necessary for us to be building on God's solid rock. We fall, but He stands, sure as shootin.

nuff said,

Love,

Jon and Devon