We had the privilege of having my Brother-in-Law and Sister-in-Law’s kids this weekend while their parents are in China adopting a beautiful little boy! The got him yesterday, well last night, and we have been watching the progress via their website where they are posting pics of the cool little guy!
It has taken a small army of helpers to manage all the things while they are gone and our part was having their three girls over the weekend. It was a lot of fun. Their cousin from Denver came down too, and so for about 72 hours we had 8 kids! 7 of them girls! It was fun to watch them play together, talk, cook and just have a great time. We put down our futon and had a queen-sized air mattress so the downstairs living room was wall-to-wall bed, and they managed to sleep, which was an amazing feat in and of itself. At the end of it all they didn’t want to leave but with school today, and the next shift coming in to help we had to drop them off!
Having them all together I was reminded of how love grows between people. You know that these kids don’t always get along. You know that they have not always been greatest of friends, but for the time they were all together it went very smoothly. It helped remind me that sometimes you have to start where you are – appreciating those around you now. Sometimes we think we have to find friends and close relationships outside of those closest to us, and it does take time to develop mutual trust and sometimes appreciation, but start where you are with people… don’t look elsewhere, some of your greatest potential relationships are right under your nose. If you are surrounded by people you cant stand you should look in the mirror to see the common denominator! To be loved you may need to give love. If you want to be accepted for who you are, you need to accept others for who they are. Give love to get love. If you find you cannot extend grace and mercy to others, you cannot expect them to extend grace and mercy to you. As kids we can forgive in a second, and even the most grievous of actions can be overlooked with a simple apology and then go right back to being best friends… Why can’t we be more like that as adults?
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