Our Greatest Challenge

It is has been said that you will marry or raise your greatest challenge!

Yesterday I invited my granddaughter’s parents over to our house. Abigail, my granddaughter, is the cutest little piece of energy in existence. Just look at her!

Her dad sent me this response.

I told Heather about the discussion, and this was her reply

Let’s refer to “Abigail” as… The Monster.

The Monster only slept for an hour today.

The Monster is very grumpy.

I am making the Monster stay in her crib for at least 20 minutes in hopes that she will cry her sleepy monster self to sleep.

My guess would be, the monster won’t be up for a late night.

And neither will her innocent prey. (aka… me)

It is through our challenges that we grow. A mother’s love is strong because of what she gives up. It is given because the mother is good, not because of anything the child has done.

The mother serves and sacrifices for her offspring and brings about a level of love to be emulated.

In a marriage relationship, your starting point is love.

The story is told of a young couple that received the following advice from their minister after the marriage ceremony,

“You are at the end of your problems.”

Some months later, the husband, seeing the minister, approached him and told him about all the problems they have been having, ending his frustrated diatribe with “you said we were at the end of our problems.”

To which the sage gentleman replied: “Yes I did, but I didn’t indicate which end.”