Godly?!?

“You’re Godly mom.” 

I was shocked to hear those words come from the Kid’s mouth, describing me.  ME!  The person who The Kid has seen and experienced at her very worst — when I am definitely NOT portraying any qualities associated with God or Godliness!  How could he NOW be proclaiming me, his mother, to be Godly?

The conversations leading up to his startling proclamation started 2 weeks earlier.  He had gone to a friend’s house to play video games.  When he came back home he told me that his friend was playing a game where everyone was chasing a boy and trying to kill him.  He said that he didn’t feel right about playing it so he played another game on the Kindle that didn’t have any violence.  I told him that he made a good choice and that God would be pleased with his decision.  In my heart I did a happy dance!  Finally!  All the talking about not playing violent video games that Mr. Small Town and I had done was having an impact on him.  He was making choices of his own!

A few days later he was still curious about the game.  He wanted to know why everyone wanted to kill the boy in the video game.  I started asking him questions about the game and it finally clicked!  I asked him if the video game was titled, “Terminator.”  “Yes!” he shouted, delighted that I knew about it.  I loosely explained the plot of the movie Terminator, which I have never seen in its entirety, and threw in my best impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger saying, “I’ll be back!” and “Hasta La Vista Baby.”  He was happy with it and I didn’t think anything more about it. 

On the afternoon of his proclamation, he was playing Minecraft.  He called me to come see what he was building.  It was a tower.  He asked me if it looked like the tower from the movie.  Oh dear!  I had no idea!  I had to confess to him that I had never actually watched the entire movie but I knew sort of knew the plot.  He asked me why I hadn’t seen the movie.  I told him that it was too violent for me and I didn’t like all the killing and destruction that was in the movie.  That’s when he said,

“That’s because you’re Godly Mom.  You want to fill your mind with stuff that God likes instead of all the violence stuff that was in the movie.
That’s what it means to be Godly.”

 

Not only was I was stunned but how could I not be moved by his explanation?  This is one person that I have spent the most time with for the past 11 years.  He knows the worst part of me and the best part of me. 

 

It doesn’t matter to him if I don’t walk around with a halo over my head chanting scripture or that I never lose my temper.  He just knows that I want to put things into my mind and soul that are pleasing to God.  He knows that in my heart I want to focus more on God and laying up eternal treasures.  He knows that I want to point him and others towards God so that they can have an personal and authentic relationship with God like I do.  And he knows – that is what it means to be Godly.

 

What do people – the ones who you spend the most time with – notice in you?  What would they say about you?  What and who are you pointing others towards?  You might be surprised, like I was, with their responses.