JIM CAIN
Growing up in a single parent family that hovered just below
the poverty line, I know what it is like not to have the things
you need much less want. So when God blessed me and
Suzanne with 2 boys, my top priority was to bless them with
all the things I wanted but never had; trips to the beach, cell
phones, video games, you name it.
One Christmas when visiting their grandparents, they got
so many presents we couldn’t get them and everyone in the
same car. As we were leaving that day my oldest said, “You
know Dad, what we really want is you! I would much rather
be in the car with you going home than sitting next to
brother’s Teddy Ruxpin. We want you at home at night not
out making more money to buy us more stuff. The stuff
doesn’t matter as much as your being here.”
So does your family matter? Then be there! Go to the piano
recitals, soccer games, opening night of the play, the
hospital bedside when they are sick, those are the things
that are remembered, not the iPad minis and the PS4’s.
Show them you care by being there. The same principal
applies to our friends as well, be there and let them know
they are important. After all, isn’t this what Jesus did when
we needed Him the most? He showed up in the flesh and
walked side by side with those He cared for!
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