This evening these words spring to mind:
Your possessions and your children are but a test for you, and it is God with whom lies your highest reward.
Quran 8:28
It was an immense test in years past that we could not have children.
In time we were blessed with two little souls to accompany us in the journey of life.
But sometimes those previous tests are forgotten in the tests of the moment.
Those little souls are teenagers now, their behaviour hard to predict.
Sometimes they are sweet and kind, but all too often mean and spiteful, given to aggressive bursts of temper, issuing horrible threats and insults.
It can be difficult to deal with sometimes. We wonder where we went wrong.
But in truth we know these are just tests for us. The latest test amongst so many.
So we journey on, hoping for the immense reward of the One.
Last modified: 10 August 2023
