A Dad’s Christmas Morning Reflection

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Matt here, blogging early on Christmas morning.  The boys are still in bed having negotiated an 8AM wake up today.  Boy, life is different than when they were up at 6 AM on Christmas morning, pulling on our blankets and begging us to get up!

Speaking of life, I finally got around to using a Christmas present I received last year.  It is a VHS to DVD recorder.  For a full year, I could never get around the technological barrier of trying to set up one of these machines.  Sounds funny to say since Lee trusts me with the technical side of her business!

Anyway, I finally did it and for the past few days have been happily transferring videos of our children onto DVD.  Several times a day, Lee and I will sneak upstairs just to watch and smile.

My, how things have changed.  What strikes me most – other than the ridiculously large glasses I wore in the 80s – is the consistency of our kid’s personalities – from the time they were born to the present day.  Kevin has always been quiet and demure.  Alex has always been outgoing and boisterous.  It is amazing how God created them to be a certain way and that is who they have remained.  Lee and I were laughing (to ourselves) the other day because we noticed Kevin exhibiting the same behavior at 21, as we just watched him on video do at age 2.  Wow!

So the message is, love your children for who God made them to be.  Shape and mold, don’t twist and force.  He has a plan for who they are and our job is to help them become that person.

And if you are reading this on Christmas morning, you probably are waiting for your older kids to wake up, just like us!

Blessings,

Matt

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