"I didn't win the representative contest. I didn't get chosen for the choir." I will cry about it and I will cry with you, my son. Disappointment is just that "dis"-"appointments". Appointed by God to meet you in your need. All appointments are not yours to keep. Some appointments are for others. This is the season for you to get to know your brothers and sisters because they will be gone soon and you will be sad that you spent so much time with people who really don't mean anything to you and missed the opportunity to spend time with the ones who are most special.
I cannot go back and retrieve my baby brother. He is gone and I was on the volleyball court and in the books, when I could've been dandling him on my knee. For what? I knew not that he would be gone.
No theology, no study, no song, no privilege is equal to the privilege of coming home to the ones you love. You are their representative and singer and king and priest and hope and helper. Outside, they cannot see who you are. At home, we can see you as you really are. Our Ethan!
Everybody has limitations. I hear that Teddy Roosevelt had asthma growing up. This is hard to imagine with his "bully for you" strong male persona. He grew up and became president of the United States and in his youth his time with Momma and Papa running him up and down the street were more important to our nation, ultimately. Hanging out with fools will make you foolish. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. We have cemented the foolishness in our age. Learn from your elders and appreciate the wonderful examples that God has given you in your home for this season.
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