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This morning I\u2019m speaking to a MOPS group in River Falls, Wisconsin. It\u2019s a \u201cfar piece\u201d from Central Iowa, even a crazy investment of time and gas for a 45 minute talk. But, it\u2019s not crazy to me, since my son and daughter-in-law live only an hour from River Falls, so I slept at their house last night.<\/p>\n

That may not seem like a big deal, but spending time is something I don\u2019t take for granted. A year after writing the blog post below, I am still mindful of God\u2019s grace and restoration in our family. May the mindfulness never fade away.<\/p>\n

Mindful – Recycled<\/strong><\/p>\n

I take so many things in life for granted: a warm home, a loving husband, more food than I need, education and job skills, freedom to travel, vacations, a functioning government, friends who stand by me, and the ability to pay our bills each month. These privileges are so commonplace I treat them as my due goes on and on.<\/p>\n

But each time my children call, I\u2019m reminded of a double privilege my husband and I never want to take for granted. We count it a blessing when they call, their voices full of confidence in our love for them, eager to talk about the events of the past week and dreams for the future. The blessing multiplies when they ask for our advice, consider our words seriously, and heed what we say.<\/p>\n

I never dreamed of such a relationship with my adult children after growing up in the sixties watching the hippies and flower children denigrate and scoff the \u201cestablishment.\u201d A bit young to participate in the rebellion, a bit of the \u201860s attitude managed to rub off on me. My parents\u2019 advice was considered suspect until after our son was born, and we needed all the help we could get to survive his first five years.<\/p>\n

So we never expected our children would value our advice before they became parents.\u00a0 And during Allen\u2019s monastery years, we lost our easy relationship with him and believed it was gone forever.<\/p>\n

God has blessed our family with restoration. We deserve this blessing no more than any other family. I fight back tears when our children, overwhelmed by the sweetness of God\u2019s grace, acutely aware of families broken by strife, crippled by rebellion. I restrain the tears until after the good-byes and I love yous.<\/p>\n

Then I let them flow as I pray, \u201cPlease God, make me mindful of your blessings. Don\u2019t let me ever take them for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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