Moma was right?

Did you ever notice that the older you get, the smarter you get? It’s true! Just ask my son. Now, I’m not just saying this… I have proof. Last week he actually called me – from his cell phone – to tell me I was right about something. Believe me, that has never happened in all his 24 years of life! I really wish that I hadn’t answered the phone when he called. That way he would’ve been forced to leave a message. Then, I could have saved the answering machine tape for years to come and play it back every time he questions my senility. (Ironically, my mom had a jump in her IQ about 10 years ago, too. I don’t know if she started taking a correspondence course or what, but something happened… LOL. )

Seriously, when we become older, we begin to understand the importance of the things that are written in Galatians 5:22-23: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Embodied with these principals in our core - we are wiser. It is easier for us to travel the road to maturity when we have a firm grasp on the tools that God has graciously placed in our path. But it takes time to develop these traits and that may be why we can’t see the truth in our parent's wisdom until we begin to feel these fruits in our soul.

Every time I sit back and think about the complexities of God’s world, I’m so in awe of His design. Just this topic alone is amazing if you really think about it. Because it really is important for kids to question things on their own for a time, but there comes a point when they do need to grow up and realize that they have a wonderful resource in their parents. And, there’s so much more to consider when it comes to the relationship of parent and child… the miracle of conception and birth… a mother’s ability to nourish her child… the way our minds connect and make that unmistakable bond between family members.

God has blessed us all. Regardless if you have your own child or if you have been blessed to have any child in your life – someday you may be lucky enough to have someone - that’s grown into their own maturity - realize that you were “finally” right about something. Here’s hoping you get it on tape!