The rules are pretty simple. One word. Five minutes of writing. No editing.
There is always a little messenger under my feet. You might have one too. I have more than one and typically what I hear come out of my little messenger is, "MOM! (Insert Brother's name here) hit me", or "MOM! (Insert Brother's name here) wont let me play in his room". I'll be honest typically this gets an eye-roll and a "Mom isn't taking tattletales".
Then there are those rare moments when my little messengers bring a message that hits me right in the heart. "MOM! We have the best family, ever". It's usually right when they get the "MooOOM" sound out that I want to start running away. Again if you have a little messenger you will know the "MoooOOM" sound to which I refer to.
It's these sometimes too rare a moments that I am so thankful for. And then... I think of me. I'm a little messenger to someone too, God. I'm going to guess that he has these moments with this little messenger, "GOD! I didn't get what I wanted", "GOD! What are you doing to me?".
How often does he hear, "GOD! Thank you for our amazing family that you have blessed us with". How often does he do the eye-roll to me? How often does he want to tell me that he isn't taking complaints?
I need to challenge myself into thinking more about what message this little messenger is sending.
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