I have a bad habit.
Since the kids have all moved away to college, I have become addicted to checking their location on “Find My.”
I can see who got up and out to make it on time to class.
I can see who makes a late night Taco Bell run.
I can see who is at work, at the gym, at the piano room, or at the library.
I can see which church they are attending on Sunday morning.
But no matter how many times I check in on WHERE each of them are, I cannot tell HOW they are just by seeing where they’re located on a map. And that’s the part I miss the most. When they’re under your roof, even with school and busy social lives, you still see them regularly and can get a pulse on what’s going on in their life.
But being hundreds of miles away makes it quite difficult to know how the kids are doing. Really.
The reality is only God knows how they’re doing through and through. Whether they’re living here right under my nose or halfway across the world, God is the all-knowing One. He sees them. He knows them. He understands them better than they understand themselves.
Sunday’s sermon was good and one line in particular was for me. The pastor was talking about how God sees us right where we are. He went on to say the words latitude and longitude—I mean, who uses those 3rd grade geography terms in a sermon except one that I’m sitting in….that line was for me, the mom addicted to seeing where, latitudinally and longitudinally, her kids are. It definitely made me aware that God sees where I am, too. And He knows HOW I am.
And no matter where each of us are AT, I know Who each of us are IN, Jesus Christ. There is no better place to be, no better person to care for us.
So we will attempt family face time calls and check in with good questions and lots of loving assurance, but ultimately they’re walking their life out in Christ. Mom was never meant to always be around! And I know that. It just takes a little bit of time to adjust.
Sharing this pic without the whole story/context, lest you think I’m crazy.
