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Originally Posted by Traci
Amen, Sis Falla.
My Mom had 3 children but one was born when she was 41 and I was 16. There was a point when my sis was a baby that I had to take care of her because my mom was put on 2nd shift and yes I did resent it sometimes and it did help me see that I did not want to put myself in a position as a teenager that I could have one of my own and I did not have my 1st till I was 25 because I knew how much work it was and I also learned about responsibility of another human being. I would not trade my experience for the world and I love my sister who is now 24. I now have a 14 year old who is experiencing what it is like to have a 3 1/2 yr old special needs sister and a 9 mo old baby brother. I don't ask him to do a lot but it is good for him to help a little, he now understands about babies and the responsiblities that come with them. I think it is good for teens to see outside of themselves. I don't want to offend either...
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Dearest Traci,
I read on another thread "http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=20851,
where you responded to Crakjak concerning "Coventry", the ministry for special needs
adults.
Crakjak is my blood brother. He and his wife have a special needs son, 37 or 38 yrs.
old. Coventry was born out of the needs of their own son, Anthony.
They have three younger adult children. There is such a closeness among their
children. Such patience and love toward their elder brother. If there is
an ounce of resentment or displeasure, you certainly don't see a trace of it.
Just love and closeness. Also respect for their parents. They have helped
with Anthony and because of it is possibly why his only sister is training to be
a nurse.
It seems sometimes when we are faced with life's difficulties, there is that
opportunity to become bitter, as if we had been singled out. But God has a
definite plan for each of us. Our reaction to the "wheel" or the means in which
HE refines us, if resisted, can leave us bitter, instead of better. It is our re-
action to this molding and making of us that determines the outcome.
I love the song Sis.Joan Ewing wrote and her husband, Bro. Murrell
sings so beautifully.
"I Pray That Jesus Is All They Will See".
Write on the parchment of my soul today,
A message that you'd wish my life to say.
I'm weary with my way, it's Your's I must find,
So mold me and bend me, not my will but Thine.
Chorus
Create in me, Your image, O, Lord,
Let me be all You've dreamed I could be.
And when You have finished with Your work in me,
I pray that Jesus is all they will see.
Often I've reached for this world and it's gain,
Each time to find out, it brought only pain.
I've finally found that Your way, Lord, is best,
And with the learning, has come peace and rest.
I have read that the process of purification of silver/gold is complete
when the purifier can see his reflection in the finished product (process).
Hugs,
Falla39 (Crakjak's elder sister!)