Everyone else went Christmas shopping, leaving me
with Remi and Hadley for a few hours. They wore me out. I exercised my
grand-parental privileges; they were to take a nap. They did not really need a
nap. I did.
Being on a couch downstairs, I could tell they
were running around upstairs. I exercised another grand-parental privilege; I
ignored them. After all, I was getting some shut eye.
After about an hour, they asked me if they could
get up. I assented, and watched as they came downstairs with two stuffed animal
killer whales. There were on the top
shelf of a clothes closet. Shocked, I asked how they got them.
Remi, smiling with pride at their accomplishment,
explained how they built a mountain of pillows to get to the first shelf and
then climbed up to the top shelf. I was mortified. “We even put all the pillows
back after we were done,” Remi explained.
How should I handle this? I was impressed that
they overcame a significant barrier to get what they wanted. Yet, someone could
have been hurt. I don’t see my grand kids but a handful of times a year. I want
a relationship where they freely tell me things.
Today’s lesson is Romans 14:1-4, 15-17 & 15:1.
Faith is precious and we are to build each other
up as Christians. Christian liberty means we do not have to follow the Old
Testament Laws. Yet some will want to follow the Law, out of ignorance, convenience,
choice or habit
Paul reminds the strong to be careful when correcting
the weak. Further, the strong should not use their liberty when in the presence
of someone who is weak. The second person may question their own faith, which
may be fragile.
We need to treat people where they are in their
faith walk. We all have a responsibility to build (not beat!) each other up, and that
plays out in how we correct each other.
So, how did I use this story to correct my granddaughters?
Not quite sure what to do, I prayed. Just then my daughter, the mother of my
grand-daughters, came home.
I let her deal with it!
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