A Teen Moment

I have always consider my self a patient and full of love and grace parent. Then I had boys.. I love my boys so much it hurts. I watched,cared,loved then when they were small. Now is the true test of my love and time.
There is were the rubber meets the road so to speak. I am always reading a good christian based book on parenting, TEENS. Because i am so clueless when it comes to TEEN Boys. I don't know them like when they were little. Its like We woke up and  the invasion of the body snatches came and snatched my sweet little tike's and replace them with half grown boys with hormones. Yikes.
This latest book helped me greatly. It stated teens are not programed to be Appreciative. Not in there nature. Their nature is self .. Second i am to serve them as I serve Christ. They are my mission field. They are aliens, speak a different language, have different customs(gaming, music, friends,etc). I am to get into their world and to know them like i would have to if i was going to Mexico or Africa. I am to teach them to appreciate others and God. Easier said then done.

Some days i am not up to the challenge, but during those days i need to remember that I am like that teenager needed to loved by God....