Yesterday evening Jace was playing in the front yard with his soccer ball... need I say more.?:)
I hear "Mom, I'm so sorry...I'm so so sorry." I walk outside and he is trying to hold the pieces of the pot together. It was the "textbook moment"- do I value my child or the plant more? He didn't deliberately do anything and he wasn't disobeying. It was just a plain and simple accident. So, I said that it was ok- it's just a plant and I knew it was an accident. He hugged me and then ran upstairs and brought back a handful of his money. My sweet boy. He tried to "pay" me for the plant. I told him he could keep his money it was just an accident and I was glad he was ok- it was just a plant. He just grabbed hold of me and cried, "Mom, I'm so sorry- I know it was special to you and you wanted to see what it looked like and so did I." He cried and cried.
I just held him and assured him that it really was ok- and then we tried to fix it with a rubber band and a new pot.
The most precious part however, was to see the healing happening in our son's broken heart. He cried out of sorrow- he has NEVER cried from sorrow before. This is something we have prayed over him for years for the Lord to soften his heart and him to connect with the emotions of others and how his actions make others feel. It was precious to see the healing taking place. Maybe this is now our prophetic plant that will be "healed" and grow strong just as our son is healed and grows strong. It was a precious experience.
I hear "Mom, I'm so sorry...I'm so so sorry." I walk outside and he is trying to hold the pieces of the pot together. It was the "textbook moment"- do I value my child or the plant more? He didn't deliberately do anything and he wasn't disobeying. It was just a plain and simple accident. So, I said that it was ok- it's just a plant and I knew it was an accident. He hugged me and then ran upstairs and brought back a handful of his money. My sweet boy. He tried to "pay" me for the plant. I told him he could keep his money it was just an accident and I was glad he was ok- it was just a plant. He just grabbed hold of me and cried, "Mom, I'm so sorry- I know it was special to you and you wanted to see what it looked like and so did I." He cried and cried.
I just held him and assured him that it really was ok- and then we tried to fix it with a rubber band and a new pot.
The most precious part however, was to see the healing happening in our son's broken heart. He cried out of sorrow- he has NEVER cried from sorrow before. This is something we have prayed over him for years for the Lord to soften his heart and him to connect with the emotions of others and how his actions make others feel. It was precious to see the healing taking place. Maybe this is now our prophetic plant that will be "healed" and grow strong just as our son is healed and grows strong. It was a precious experience.
3 comments:
PRECIOUS!! Absolutely precious!
awww...that is so sweet. PTL and I so love Jace!
Isn't it amazing how God uses brokenness to bring tenderness.
Tell Jace Grams loves him.
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