Today the challenge is to look at a situation in which I want to make a change and try to look at it in a different way that would make it productive, by seeing what I need to do differently.
Situation. My boys are contentious. Often I don't want to be around them because they drive me crazy. It seems like the harder I try to get them to be nice to each other, the more they fight and quarrel.
See the situation with different eyes, with the Savior's eyes. Dallin and Carson are adopted. Does that make a difference? Does it make a difference that my youngest child was 14 when they were adopted? We would have been empty-nesters now if we didn't have the boys. Do I have issues of selfishness? Am I tired of dealing with disciplining my children? Maybe these are irrelevant questions. I need not to focus on these questions and move forward. This is the question and the only question I should ask myself. What would Christ do?
Christ loves these boys so much. He made it possible for them to come to our home and live in an environment where they could have parents, the gospel, an education, and their needs met. He also has blessed our lives with the privilege of parenting these boys. I have always known that it was a miracle that we were able to adopt Dallin and Carson. It is a privilege to be their parent and grow with the challenges.
