i wonder.

read an article sunday about family counselling and crisis stuff and how symptoms of conflict manifest themselves sometimes in areas that the conflict doesnt' exist...we see this at home. our lives are a tad crazy of late (and i'm preaching to the choir as i know most all of you have got kids and jobs and lives and schedules that are busier than ours -- not fishing for sympathy, just making observations!), and it gets us all crazy and stressed out. and we get grumpola and then snappy at the kids, and they they act up. i'm thinking the stuff they do a) isn't that bad, b) is due mostly to our stress that leaks on them, and they don't know how to deal with it, so they react as only little angels can, and then we get upset and freak out and well...the cycle gets crazier and crazier...

so i was worrying about that this morning. thinking of my 6 year old...she's so good. she inherited a lot of her daddy in her laisse faire attitude and lack of any sort of sense of urgency to get, well, anything done. i've always felt that my laid back-edness is a positive thing...but...as a parent, it can drive you a bit nuts. sorry mom. so what will be the effects of us getting all wound up by the rush and crush of the world around us on our kiddos? will they learn to handle things with grace and be well adjusted? will they end up like me and get all neurotic? i heard a great song lyric stating that faith is caught, not taught. i'll post on that later...but on the flipside, is neurosis caught as well? scary to ponder...

so Jesus seemed to be able to navigate the rush and crush ok; matter of fact, for a guy who had unlimited cosmic abilities at His disposal, He was pretty good at shutting it down and resting; not letting the pressures of the world freak Him out and make Him all crazy. maybe a little time on the mountainside would do us some good...