I have always called Wesley "my Mr. wonderful"~ yes it may be cheesy, but it just came out one day in a sincere way and it has stuck. So when Wesley comes home, we are making something for him or Eli is writing him a card he refers to him as "our wonderful daddy." I am sure this has been influenced from my calling him "my Mr. wonderful" for as long as Eli has been around!
Which of course, then led me to think about all that comes out of my mouth and how my boys use what they hear~ for example:
"Now Mommy, please don't get fussy with me; Evan was crying and needed to be walk-holded." (Luke)
"Well, actually....." (used for many things by Eli)
"Sanctification only happens through Jesus" (Eli)
"Now Eli, we don't say never because we have to try!" (Luke)
"Well, we will all be in heaven, except for Luke~ we need to pray for him to give his heart to Jesus." "And our baby, because Evan was born with a black heart." (Eli)
"Mommy, is God bigger than the sky?" (Yes, baby He is) "Oh right, he's omnis....oh you know...I can't remember... what is that word?" (Luke)
"Mommy, you have to have the verse in your heart, so you can whip it out and shoot the enemy!" (Eli)
"Eli, what were you asked to do?" (Luke)
"Who do I smell so beautiful back here?" (Luke)
"You need to be on God's team, not Satan's team." (Eli)
So this kind of thinking naturally led me to focus more on what I was saying and how I was imparting life with my words. Being a mama has moments where I have to take many deep breaths before I speak. A very dear friend of mine was talking about how she was really working on keeping her tone and inflection the same with her children. She made such an important point that her children needed to obey right away to the same voice all the time. So very true!
They also need to hear the kind of speech that you want them to use, because what they hear is what they will say! We all know how very true this is! :) So my challenge to all of us is to be intentional is using words that impart life, encourage and build up those around us.
Luke 6:45 says, "The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks."
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2 comments:
What a great reminder to think about what comes out of our mouths. It is very true that our children speak as they are taught.
Sounds like you have a couple of very sweet boys with a heart for God. How encouraging!
Thanks for the great post!
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