"Be righteous!"

Growing up, whenever Mom would drop us off anywhere, or whenever we would leave the house, the last thing she would say to us was always "Be righteous!" I always blew this off not taking these words to heart.....


And now here I am, 22 years old, and I find myself telling the munchkins (Matts 2 youngest sisters) to be righteous whenever I drop them off somewhere., They just laugh and look at me funny the same why I did my momma.

And then today I was talking to Mom on the phone and upon saying our goodbyes she said "be righteous!" and I guess I finally listened.

What powerful words that my mom gave me to live by. Live righteously. How hard to do that! Every day is a struggle to act like Christ. ...I stub my toe, I say the "s" word, I eat too much, I act lazy, I grumble and complain about what I dont have when I know that I do have everything I need....

In my teen years I swore to not be like my mom when I am a mother.... but more and more ways I am finding out how great a Momma she was/is. I only hope I can relay words like that to my kids...yelling "be righteous!" when they get out of the car, or telling them "Emmanuel!" ....

This is probably going nowhere but it means something to me...

Momma, even though you dont read this, I love you and you are the best Momma I could have ever asked for! Oh...and I miss you!