Kids and Transforming Rude Responses into Kindness
I have two daughter and two younger sons so I get my fair share of eye rolls and smart comments - most often when I tell dad jokes.
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I have two daughters, one is 11, the other is 8. And I have two sons, they're younger, 6 and now 8 months old. And my oldest though are getting to the age where I can get some pretty incredible eye rolls from them. And whether, I find this in two different scenarios and they're pretty different responses to the way that I speak to them. So the first is just kind of hilarious, right? I get this a lot when I tell a dad joke. So you know, it's October, what do you call a skeleton, oh sorry, why does the skeleton not go to the party? He's got nobody to go with. Then this, oh dad, right? It's hilarious, I love it. I could get that kind of eye roll all day because there's love, right? There's love in it and connection, right? The other kind of eye roll is like this, dad, can I go down the street and play with my friends? No, you have to do your chores and then do your homework. See the difference here is all about attitude. This phrase that we're talking about today is love is not rude. And at first when I read that, I kind of think, well, that's kind of a silly response or word to use in love. I mean, it's not really like a high bar. Rude is pretty, can be subtle, but man, love can be in the subtlety. But when we choose to have a bad attitude, when we choose to have an attitude that again puts other people below my own life and things that I have going on, oh, my response can be quite rude. And sometimes rudeness and or politeness is our only impression that we will get with people. And they might know that we're Christians or see that we're Christians because you've got that bumper sticker on your car or whatever it is. Listen, rude might be one of your only impressions you get with people or, or it can be love. Consider where you find yourself bent towards rudeness, a rude responses and let Christ enter your heart and let him speak to you in that place. Be transformed today, friends. Don't wait. Peace.
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