Freedom to Enjoy the Way We Live

          My 4th of July weekend has been pretty good. I've been thinking about all the freedoms we do have and most of my thoughts came from children. I've had 3 thoughtful moments with 3 children.
          One moment was with one of my little girls yesterday at work. I read "Psalm 23" and that's sort of about freedom in Christ. Then I told her that I loved her no matter how she acted and that I hope she knows that. The other two moments were from both of my nephews but one yesterday and one today.
           The moment that happened yesterday was while we were taking the dogs for a walk with grandpa (aka my dad). My oldest nephew saw some trash on the ground and said to me "we don't litter, do we?" I responded back "no, we take care of the earth." My nephew said, "Because it is God's Creation and we should take care of it, right." I said, "Right, God wants us to take care of His Creation."
              We have the freedom to live on this earth and take care of it.
              Then the other moment just happened today. I was help with the woodworking, when my oldest nephew asked me about my job. How do you explain a bunch of abused and negetled children to a 7 year old? I told him how long they stay there and how I put them to bed (aka read to them and rock them) and how sometimes they have a hard time listening too. I told them that they even talk sometimes when they're not suppose to. Then we got on the subject of them having a new home and a new mommy and daddy. Then my nephew made a lot of comments about how a lot of children don't have a mommy and daddy in the world.
               That's when I told him to be thankful for his mommy and daddy because he is blessed with ones that will take care of him. Now that I'm thinking about all of this it comes down to remembering that we have the freedom to live the way we want too. As my 7 year old nephew said, "We also need to be thankful for our independence and living the way we do" (no words added or taken away).