Today’s Devotional Was Written By A Insightful and Courageous Young Woman: Tracy Koweh
Blood is Thicker than Water
I Need You and You Need Me
Matthew 18:19 (Amplified Bible)
19Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and [a]everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.
There is a saying that I first heard from my assistant manager: Teamwork makes the dream work. When she first sent it to us in an email at work, I read it and deleted it, but that quote has stuck with me ever since. We have always been taught that a child needs both a father and a mother in their life; it is thought to be better for the well being of the child. But God is saying to some of us, that it’s for our own well being. I love knowing that when I am drained and can’t lift one more finger at the end of the day, Shane is right there in the ring with me, waiting on me to tag him in.
No man or woman can do it all by themselves. The old school church use to say it takes a village, and they lived by that. The problem in a lot of homes today is that too much pressure is being put on one parent. Whether it’s financial, emotional, physical, mental or spiritual, if it’s all on one parent to handle alone, it is way too much, and what should be a blessing now becomes a burden. This problem can occur in a single parent home just as well as it can in a dual-parent home. When a parent has no release, no break, no partner to tag, they are physically incapable of performing to their best ability, and that is not good for anyone connected to that situation.
When one parent is trying to raise a child and they are drained, stretched and frustrated, the child is the one who suffers the most. Whether it manifest as less quality time together, less patience, less energy or less love, something is going to have to give. It wasn’t until recently that I realized how much we all need each other. When Jai was smaller and a little less active, I could handle a lot more all by myself. But now she has minor chores, school work, outside activities, play dates and so many other things that a full time working parent just can’t handle all by themselves, even Jesus had twelve disciples helping Him.
A lot of my friends say it’s as if I’ve fallen off the planet and they assume it’s because of Shane. Truth be told, it’s because of Jai. It’s because I’ve made her future a priority in my life and that has required me to give up mommy free time in order to give her options and opportunities I didn’t have. I am so grateful that God allowed Shane to step in and step up with helping me with her, because I know that as much as I would like to tell myself and the world- - - I just can’t do everything. Since birth Jai has been a happy baby, but since she has been under consistent Godly parenting, her smile has gotten brighter and she is growing up to be quite the gifted child.
Today let us strive to all be better parents and role models, not only for our children, but for each other. We can give our children so much more together, than apart. We have to put aside our pride, our desires, our hurts, our pasts and push towards the same goal of making our children’s dreams come true. It takes more than one parent to make a child, therefore it takes more than one to raise them. I need you, you need me…..and our children need US.
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