It has been a LONG hard week

It has really been a hard week. I have really been trying to help my youngest son do better in his classes. He is in the 7th grade and is a really smart kid but his grades lately have not reflected that. So much of it is lack of caring, listening and forgetfulness. It is really a struggle trying to make him care that he has a B in a class when he should have an A. I can yell at him, ground him, make his life boring but what I have discovered is I can't make him care. I can't make him want to work hard enough for that A.
I wonder if that is how God feels about us sometimes. He can offer us the world. He can offer us the best of everything. He can offer us love so special we don't need anything else. He does this and more. But we sit back and do things the way we want. He must shake his head at us like a par net. He can't make us care like I can't make my son care. He wants us to hold on to him with everything we have and offers us everything we need to have it all through him but sometimes we just are happy with just getting by.
So I guess the next time I look at one of my children and think I know best for them and try and make them see things my way. I may need to stop and look inside and make sure I am doing the say. Seeing things GOD's way.
Just a thought.... :)

They are my Friends

OK, I was the first of the "Cool Kids" to post like Shawn asked us, but I was the least creative. All of my friends have some really deep, thought provoking looks into their lives. Wow.... here I am the oldest of the group (since Jeff hasn't blogged yet) and each and everyone one of my friends had a lesson for me. That leads right back to my first blog and God giving us fellow believers to uplift us. What an awesome gift. My friends are super Christians, super parents, super people. We are an odd mix of people, but that is what Jesus does. He picks the least likely people to do extraordinary things. Each one of you are amazing. You are all just a great example of what God can do when he truly lives inside of a person. I pray that I can live up to being the kind of friend God wants me to be to them. I love each and every one of you! I thank God for the blessings you all are to me!