STARS, SMILEYS AND WARNINGS

July 20, 2009

STARS, SMILEYS AND WARNINGS

2stars Ryan, our 6 year old, got home the other day after school very excited.

RYAN: “Mom, I got 14 smiley faces and 8 stars!”

MOM: “Did you get any warnings?”

RYAN: “One…”

MOM: “You got one!” (a bit upset)

RYAN: “Mom, at least I got 14 smiley faces!”

Oo nga naman.

Then Jenn texts me that Ryan got 14 smiley faces from school. I quickly call her cellphone.

PAOLO: “Wow, Ryan got 14 smiley faces? Did he get any warnings?”

JENN: “Yes, one.”

PAOLO: “One!!!!! Argghhh…” (upset)

JENN: “Well, remember, he got 14 smiley faces.”

PAOLO: “Nga naman.”

How easy for us as parents to focus on the one negative comparing it to the 8 stars and 14 smiley faces.

That’s true with parents and that’s true with everyone of us. Facing a white wall, the easiest thing to do is to see the small dot of dirt rather than appreciating the full wall painted white.

Lord, help us appreciate the little things …. even turning disasters into praise worthy efforts.

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up… (1 Thes. 5:11)

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Posted by:

Paolo Punzalan

Husband, father, pastor and most importantly, Christ follower.

5 responses to “STARS, SMILEYS AND WARNINGS”

Caloy

July 20, 2009 at 9:57 am

oo nga naman

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Vivian Hernandez

July 20, 2009 at 10:03 am

Yes, I definitely agree. Humans as we are, most of the time we focus on what we don’t have rather than what we have; other person’s weakness is magnified while we don’t see his strengths..the beautiful person within.

Only by submitting to God the lenses of our eyes that we will see His awesome perspectives.

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diane

July 20, 2009 at 11:57 am

heehee!!! “oo nga naman” is right =) great insight ptr p =)

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Rivs Valencia

July 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm

panalo toh Ptr P! lalo na pag sa mga blessings na meron tayo, we still complain and dissatisfied. let’s learn to appreciate all things kahit negative pa. 🙂

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