Of course kids, especially in the foster system, need to hear this every day. This ritual starts out feeling forced, and the day it just flies out of your mouth naturally surprising even yourself. Changing your perspective about love can make it feel less rigid. The super cliche wedding scripture lists out what love is:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1Corinthians 13:4-8
Patient, kind, protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres- These descriptors of love are not innately feelings. As humans, we choose to be patient- that one really isn't a natural thing at least as I have experienced patience, we choose to protect our kids, we choose to endure their tantrums, we choose to persevere through rough days, and we choose to hope for their future- whether its in our home, or another home.
In looking at love this way, it's easy to see that the second Jellybean stepped into our house, we loved him-We hope for his future, we struggle with him through his bad days and feelings, we do our best to protect him.
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