Chapter-a-Day Psalm 133
How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! Psalm 133:1 (MSG)
Like most people raised in a house full of kids, I remember days of knock-down-drag-out fights with my siblings. My brothers were seven years older than me, five older than my sister. So, they generally couldn't get away with beating up on the "little ones" outright. Their attacks took a more sinister approach, such as asking me if I knew what a "Hertz Doughnut" was. When I responded "no" I was immediately punched by the offending brother who then asked "Hurt's, don't it?" as he cackled with glee. My sister was closer in age and the only girl. So, our fights were worse. One of her favorite things was to grab my wrists and dig her fingernails into my skin until they bled. It was not lost on me how much nicer she became immediately after she realized she was no longer large enough or strong enough to sit on me and hold me down! As for my sibling infractions, those records have been sealed ;-)
How my mother made it through the madness, I'll never know. I know that I was responsible for many of those white hairs on her head. But, now we are grown and our parent's house is filled with laughter rather than the screams of rival children. It's a wonderful thing.
How sad that, for some families, the madness never ends.
1-3 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
My wife is privileged to be home in the summer with my two kids. More often than not, I get a phone call around 3-4 pm that its time for me to come home because everyone has melted down. It truly is a beautiful day when the kids get along. It brings joy to us and makes the day a blessing. It just doesn't happen very often.
Posted by: kr | July 31, 2009 at 08:10 AM