Ever Notice

[Sister Alvear]

Ever Notice

Those that tell you how to have the perfect kids have no kids?

I have watched and lived long enough to see some that had so many ideas how to make children behave when theirs came along were little “demons”
We have a brother in our church that when he was single he was always correcting the kids, bringing them to their parents, twisting their ears or whatever….
Today I tease him because his two girls are terrible…lol…strange he changed keys…

The other day I saw a preacher that has no kids make a face at something a kid did and pointed to his belt…I just thought…. brother, your day is coming….

I remember when mine were little I was so naive to think they would all grow up to be perfect after all I was raising them! Oh! Lord how foolish I was…I have had my share of joys but I know what it is to grieve over wayward actions of my children…wrong decisions….

My motto in latter life is …never criticize until you have walked in someone’s shoes….
I guess when we are young and have no experience it is so easy to say what we are going to do…but life has a way of bringing us down to earth….