Meg Logan’s Blog

This one is for my husband, because he is a wonderful father, but his kids are too young to express it.

Just a list:
1. His four year old says “Daddy is SUPER!”
2. His one year old says “Lub oo DaDa.”
3. His wife notices: That Daddy has taught his son to “be a man”.
4. He has taught his son to respect his mother.
5. He demands respect from his children and they admire him for it.
6. He is astonishingly consistent in discipline.
7. He never seems to need to raise his voice!
8. He loves to play with his kids on the floor.
9. He talks to them seriously about serving the Lord he loves.
10. He sets high standards, and the kids live up to them.
11. He never contradicts me in front of the kids, (and that makes him a better man than I, because I do this one!)
12. He is hard, strong and still gentle as an example to those who follow him.
13. He always gives kisses when he goes to work.
14. He loves to hug the kids when he walks in the door.

My husband, is one of the best fathers I know. I am so grateful to God for giving me, and our kids, such a wonderful man, whom I can look up to, admire, ad emulate (in so far as a woman might emulate a man.) I look forward to many years of admiring his fathering skills, and I know his kids just adore him too.

Mrs. Meg Logan
p.s. I couldn’t post this yesterday because we were at church pretty much all day what with service, fellowshipping, and VBS..

I won’t and can’t claim that I am a perfect mother, enjoying rearing my children every minute of everyday. But, I definitely want to get it through my thick skull that children are a blessing and a reward. Why would I want to put them away from me? Just like the responsibilities that come with the other blessings from God, I should willingly take on that responsibility when I receive that blessing, and my attitude should not be one of “oh man they need me again!”, or “what now!?”

If I truly cherished and believed God’s word about children being a blessing, and a reward, I would not want to separate myself from them. I would look forward to those moments when I could teach them something and would enjoy sharing my life with them. I am a selfish woman, (aren’t we all selfish!?) and frequently I want some time away, or I want my kids to go away. But that is not what the Lord called us to.

Now even Jesus took time away from the disciples to be in prayer. So often, I think that being away from them in prayer is selfish but that’s not true. Or I think that giving up prayer/study time to be with them is some how ungodly (I used to pray and study for hours a day, which just isn’t practical these days). But the other day I was praying and was reminded that when I love those children I am loving HIM. When I give them my attentions, I am giving HIM my attention. “what you do to the least of these you do to Me” Do I take time away to pray? Absolutely. I don’t have to feel guilty about that either, because by loving Him I am loving them!
I never seem to want to put financial blessings away or abundance in house size or such. I generally am interested in going the distance to be a faithful steward of those things, so that I can have more! Shouldn’t I likewise go out of my way to be a good steward of the blessing of children?

Recently, I have had the opportunity to sit with a group of Christians and listen in on the conversations about marriage. A couple we know is getting married, so their wedding is a hot topic lately. It is very interesting to hear what people say to them when they are together, and quite disappointing in some ways too.
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