Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Receiving
I also derive a great deal of joy from giving gifts. I really love giving gifts when people aren't expecting it.
By sucking at receiving unexpected gifts I am depriving people of the very joy I love to experience.
In recent weeks, our family has been on the receiving end of some very generous gifts. And I really had a hard time accepting them. Don't get me wrong, I was super appreciative of the gifts. I feel very blessed to be loved by the people who bought the gifts.
One of the gifts was a big need. Like an 'Oh no! What are we going to do?' need. I have no idea how our family would have met that need without the gift. It was so hard to accept because I felt less like a grown up, kinda like a failure. That I should have somehow been able to predict and plan for it. I discussed it with the giver who quickly reassured me that they didn't see me that way.
Yesterday I wrote about feeling like a grown up. Talking about accepting that gift made me feel a little less grown up. The discussion with a giver helped me see that I had a warped sense of what a grown up is.
Slowly but surely, I'm changing my definition of a grown up. A grown up is someone who gives and receives help with grace. A grown up realizes that God cares for us through other people. A grown up appreciates God's provision so they joyfully accept the help of others.
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