Those Kids....
they say the most off the wall things.
Last week Eli was reprimanded for using God's name in vain. The kids rarely do, but when they let an "oh my God" slip, we usually just talk to them about it. Last week, Eli not only used the Lord's name out of anger, he turned it into a full on tantrum curse word.
Matt felt it required more than a verbal chit chat so he assigned Eli the task of writing a letter to God, apologizing for using his name inappropriately.
Eli wrote the letter as required. He copied the scripture commanding us not to use God's name so disrespectfully and then apologized to God. At the bottom of the letter he signed it
"Your Creation, Eli"
I have no idea why he opted for this closing as opposed to "love, Eli" or "deepest regrets, Eli". I found it interesting because it is a reminder to me, and perhaps to himself, that he is who he is because that is how God created him. No, God didn't create him to yell God's name in a fit because I wouldn't let him play the Wii, but God did create him to be the fun loving, bossy, concerned, loving boy that he is.
Eli likes to please people, he likes to lead, he likes to know every last detail of the plans, he finds comfort in knowledge and concrete information, he loves to teach little kids, he loves family and games and he loves to be outside and running wild with friends.
There are aspects of his personality that drive me crazy right now, because he is not yet mature enough to handle them properly. There are things that he does that makes me cringe. Rather than try and change who he is, it is my job to teach him how to best use his personality traits, to sit back and watch him grow into the young man that God desires him to be, and pray for this child who is in fact God's magnificent creation.
Last week Eli was reprimanded for using God's name in vain. The kids rarely do, but when they let an "oh my God" slip, we usually just talk to them about it. Last week, Eli not only used the Lord's name out of anger, he turned it into a full on tantrum curse word.
Matt felt it required more than a verbal chit chat so he assigned Eli the task of writing a letter to God, apologizing for using his name inappropriately.
Eli wrote the letter as required. He copied the scripture commanding us not to use God's name so disrespectfully and then apologized to God. At the bottom of the letter he signed it
"Your Creation, Eli"
I have no idea why he opted for this closing as opposed to "love, Eli" or "deepest regrets, Eli". I found it interesting because it is a reminder to me, and perhaps to himself, that he is who he is because that is how God created him. No, God didn't create him to yell God's name in a fit because I wouldn't let him play the Wii, but God did create him to be the fun loving, bossy, concerned, loving boy that he is.
Eli likes to please people, he likes to lead, he likes to know every last detail of the plans, he finds comfort in knowledge and concrete information, he loves to teach little kids, he loves family and games and he loves to be outside and running wild with friends.
There are aspects of his personality that drive me crazy right now, because he is not yet mature enough to handle them properly. There are things that he does that makes me cringe. Rather than try and change who he is, it is my job to teach him how to best use his personality traits, to sit back and watch him grow into the young man that God desires him to be, and pray for this child who is in fact God's magnificent creation.
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