Kids

Kids are cool. We had my favorite church program today: The kid program. They are so innocent and want to please their parents by being reverent, having their parts memorized, singing so loudly that parents, family, grandparents and siblings can hear them. It's always great when they don't sing on key. They don't care, they are singing from the heart for the people that matter most to them: family and God. I think we need to be more like that; not thinking what others think about us but only be concerned about what God and our family think. I would be a lot better and more sincere person if that was my modus operendi. I got to thinking about my own kids and how proud I am of them. Of how greatful I am that they can express what they feel and believe in a cogent manner. There are things more powerful than opinion and that is conviction. I know all of my kids have a conviction of God, that He is there for them, that He loves them and that He will forgive them as I know He forgives me (I hope I haven't worn out my welcome with that one. It reminds me of an anecdote from J. Golden Kimball who once said, "The brethren would excommunicate me but I repent too damn fast!" I feel like that and I will always follow that axiom) and I know that He loves me perfectly. I am still working on loving perfectly. I feel I am getting better at looking at the person rather than circumstances but I am still weak. I am grateful for a wife that demands more of me and constantly reminds me to be good and look for the good. She is such a blessing in my life. It was her birthday a week ago. I haven't yet expressed in this forum how lucky I am that God smiled down on me when I met my wife. She has restored me. She has been with me through thick and, in my case, thicker (although I wish I could say thinner but that is a blog for another day)... More than anything, she has given me the joy and innocence of being a kid again. Not acting childlishly (although I do that a lot) but being child-like in my faith and and outlook on life. She has also given me kids. I like my kids, all of them. They are good kids. I like all kids. We need to be more like kids.