What a wonderful day?! Not literally because my weekend was a bit mundane, not to mention the throwback photos in Facebook "see your memories" feature bugging me of memorable summer vacations that for now is a No- NO, sad life. Anyway, as I was browsing on Facebook the "National Siblings Day" caught my attention, for me it's a wonderful topic to write about at the moment.
Thinking about siblings, I’m blessed and there are some times that I’m irritated as the eldest sibling in the family.
Why?
I’m blessed because as the first child, I become more responsible, and being responsible made me stronger to decide about a lot of things in life, that somehow, I am proud of what I become. I become self-sufficient, most of the time I don’t rely much on people, if I can do things on my own I would do it, I believe that I can make it happen with diligence, hard-work and focus. But, that was me before my relationship with Jesus. As I encounter God day by day, I learned that it is really okay to be hardworking, actually it is biblical.
"Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows." - Proverbs 13:11
However, God loves a person that relys on Him, like a child dependent on His daddy, and that I am truly blessed. It's a promise that you are sufficiently safe in the things you pursue.
" Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed." - Proverbs 16:3.
Awesome!
Anyway, that was me as the eldest.
And back to to sibling part, there are times that it can be irritating, and I am blaming individual differences, not them. I know we are all struggling on that issue.
I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters, of course all younger than me. We all have our ups and downs - conflicts in the family are inevitable. There were moments when I promise myself not to give in, probably because of pride but it was never a successful feat. Family will always be family no matter what. As we grow old and learned to live our own petty and sometimes huge struggles, we learned to help and support each other.
You would say its perfect, but not at all. We all have our shortcomings and these challenges are like lemons that never run out. But, one thing my parents taught us is to never give up with each other.. Apparently for me, it is a grace from God.
I can say that the life of being siblings has been a never ending process of discovering the worth that we have for each other. It is a nurturing gift from God that every day we always try to understand and treasure.
"God is far more interested in what you are than in what you do." - Rick Warren
Always cherish your siblings, love them because that's what you are.
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Lovely family dear anyway i can't celebrate National siblings because i dont have any how i wish i have too😥