Sunday, December 1, 2019
Today Lord is December 1st. It is my second oldest Grandson's birthday. I remember when my daughter told me she was pregnant. I was so sad cause I had just been through the same thing with my oldest daughter. Raised Mormon I thought of this as awful and a transgression but now as I look back I realize what a blessing it was. My two oldest grandsons have been such a blessing to me. Yes they had struggled with issues that even though they had young mothers, they had wonderful mothers. My daughters knew they had to grow up fast and be responsible. Issues come no matter what when children are born out of wedlock but they are strong people and I am so proud of them. I realize that my religion made me think about the world in a judgemental way. Life is what it is. It is choices and we all make them good or bad. But we cannot judge because no one walked in those people shoes then or now. When I look at people now that may have made the bad choices I do not judge I only pray for them that their lives can turn around and they can find some happiness while they are here on earth. And sometimes their choices were not the result of all of their life choices but of the people who came before and that I think is the saddest of all. It takes a very strong person to turn their lives around and undo what someone else has done to them. Thank you Lord for letting me see this side of life. This world is amazing! Yes it is getting difficult and I feel sorry and pray for all those who their lives are not really their choice but the choice of someone else that has resulted in their situation. I will continue to pray for them Lord. Amen.
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Grandchildren, no matter how they come to us, are one of life’s greatest joys.
ReplyDeleteSo True
DeleteGod forgives. I need to work on that! I raised my oldest grandson until he was 11. I was foolish in believing my daughter had changed and let her have him back. He is almost 30 now and is incarcerated in a state prison. Just thinking of him makes my heart hurt. His own mother put him there. I can forgive her and move on. Forgiving myself is harder,
ReplyDeleteIt is so hard my granddaughter gave up her two sons for adoption but I believe even though it was the hardest thing I ever hard to deal with it was the best thing for them. I pray every night for them that they will be able to over come all their past abuse and live a happy life.
DeleteI am also a member of that religion and when our oldest at 27 became pregnant, I know there was a lot of judging by our church community. But We always told our three girls that if they were not going to be moral (by our standards )to be safe. Our grandson was bore with the IUD in his hand. Since we will only get maybe 4 grandchildren at best, I loved him instantly and just had to realize that I am not here to judge.
ReplyDeleteI believe that they are sent to us as blessings. And your daughter was being safe but it did not work. I have known that to happen a lot. Yes our religion tells us to live a moral life. My daughter gave in to her boyfriend cause he told her to kick in or walk home which was a long ways. It was before cell phones. No matter how we raise our children they will go out into the world and have to deal with evil. All we can do is keep praying for them.
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