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I LOVE the story from God's Word where Samuel is with Jesse looking for the one that will be the future king. Samuel knows it is one of Jesse’s sons but doesn’t know which one, and as they go through the list of seven sons God rejects them all. I can imagine the confusion that Jesse and Samuel felt. I mean what was God looking for in a king? He even rejected the oldest.
Jesse says:
"I have only one son left (my youngest) who is out in the field watching the sheep."
I love new beginnings, don't you?
I love a new adventure and a new day.
And I love a new school year.
No, really, I mean that. Oh, I'm not saying that I don't have mixed emotions and my own swirl of anxieties, but I truly do look forward to a fresh start of the coming school year.
A watched pot never boils."
In a similar way, a "watched scale" never moves.
The other day this happened (again) to me. I was at the stove waiting for the water to boil. In the meantime my kids were racing behind me and my husband was trying to tell me a story. My focus was not on them, but instead the pot.
As our weather turns cool, part of me is tempted to fight the loss of summer. It seemed to have gone by so fast this year!
I will miss the opportunity to step outdoors at a moment's notice to breathe in the summer air; to step out from being cooped up and enjoy the wide open space in the warm sunshine and to relish in the long summer days.
But if I try to hold onto summer, I will miss what is right in front of me. Yes, the weather is cooling off, but this allows me the opportunity to serve delicious soup and cuddle up with a blanket in the evenings.
It's not much different when we battle against changing seasons of motherhood.
When my children were in preschool, I wanted them to thrive in what they put their minds, hearts and hands to each day. I desired more than anything in those days for them to be able to play, explore and carry a sense of wonder as they went about their work and their daily routines. As moms, we are given the greatest gift of holding our child's hearts and speaking words of life!
