Thursday, February 18, 2010

Soap Box Derby

February 18

Four Cubs release their model cars down a ramp. Their car rolls down the slope past the finish line- except one, my son’s car. The wheels had bound up-no lubricant.
I was mortified. The other boys empathized with my son. He was fine.
I felt I had let Robbie down. I really laid a guilt trip on myself. Now I realize it was my ego getting in the way. My son doesn’t need a dad who is perfect at everything, just one who loves him..

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
(John 15:12)

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