Frank Bealer: There Is A Better Way

I know several people that find meaning in life by keeping everyone ‘in the loop’ with all of the latest celebrity gossip. They tweet all day about all of the headlines. By the way, did you know that John Mayer deleted his Twitter account?

It got me thinking, if my family were to reach celebrity status, what would the headlines read? I would like to think it would be something like “family continues to change the world through the love of Jesus” not “Nothing New.”

What is your family doing this week to make memories? How is your family investing in the lives of others?

1 Thessalonians 2:8

I find myself telling my kids to ‘wait just a minute’ or ‘hang on a second’ a lot these days.  It occurred to me today that ‘just a minute’ to a young child feels like a lifetime.  While I know there are times when I need to wrap up one more thing, what would happen if I immediately dropped everything the next time one of my kids walked up to me?

I did this for my son today and you would have thought I announced that he was going to have two birthdays this year. He had this incredibly surprised expression on his face.  It was a special moment.

I want more moments like this one. After all, I say that all of the work and effort that I put in is for my family and yet these very tasks cause me to push back the moments with my kids.

Today…Drop What You Are Doing!

I originally thought about titling this “the Best Question to Ask Your Kids” but then I thought that might be a little excessive.  I do beleive that this question can stengthen your relationship with your child by giving you insight into their world (how they feel about what is going on in their life and how they feel about you).

The Question…Has anyone broken a promise to you this week?

Ask them this weekend when you have a few moments alone with your child. It will give you a lot of perspective.