Where You Going?

[jimLE]

here's something i got in a email

Where You Going?
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Where you going?

Not "where are you going," but "where you going?"

As I held my shoes and socks in my hand, the six-year-old
repeated the question. After the second repeat the
three-year-old joined in.

"Where you going?"

People think that husbands are often bothered by wives asking
them where they are going. That's nothing compared to the two
little ones.

I was downstairs with them so I replied, "I'm going upstairs."

"But where you going?"

They knew that I did not require socks and shoes to go upstairs.

I could immediately answer them, I knew where I was going,
that wasn't the problem. The problem is that children,
like adults, often don't initially ask the real question.

Invariably, whenever I answer where I am going, I am bombarded
with the next question:

"Can I go?"
"Can I go?"

That's the real question they wanted to ask.

I have made it a point that wherever I am going, it is a place
that I would not mind my children knowing about. Whatever I am
going to do, it is something they can be proud of.

Whether you know it or not,
children eventually find out where you are going.

Eventually they ask of life on some level, "Can I go too?"

 

[Wiredog8]

Very thought provoking. Thanks JimLE.

 

[jimLE]

that it is..your welcome..im single and with no children..but it does make me think..will i be ashamed of where i go and what i do if i had any children?.or will i be proud of it?same applys to my parents,brothers,sister and everyone else in my life.will i be ashamed or proud of where i go and do when it comes to them?..

 

[Shenandoah]

that it is..your welcome..im single and with no children..but it does make me think..will i be ashamed of where i go and what i do if i had any children?.or will i be proud of it?same applys to my parents,brothers,sister and everyone else in my life.will i be ashamed or proud of where i go and do when it comes to them?..

My Friend, could we interest you in a run for the Presidency?!!
Very well said.

Blessings,
Shenandoah

 

[jimLE]

nope..don't want that seeing how i got a habit of getting upset as it is..LMAO

 

[jimLE]

oops!!that should've been..i got a habit of getting people upset as it is..lol

 

[Silent Bob]

nope..don't want that seeing how i got a habit of getting upset as it is..LMAO

President Jim or should we say Presidente' Jim, catchy, don't you think?

I cast my vote for JimLE! Can't be any worse then Jeb Bush running, at least you have a farm and have that down home look of being a farmer, lol, No I won't serve as your advisor or campaign guy....maybe we could move the White House to the farm, what do you think? Now that would be a cool looking Bugout place. Of course, you'd have the satellites tracking you then. Later.

 

[jimLE]

the white house would be the local cafe.;you'd be head of security bob..and the satellites are tracking me on account im a prepper ..

 

[Remi Snow]

My Grandpappy had a great comeback for the question 'Where you going?' the answer was simply "Crazy."

 

[jimLE]

i left CRAZY in the dust way back who knows when

 

[renaissanceman]

here's something i got in a email

Where You Going?
=========================
Where you going?

Not "where are you going," but "where you going?"

As I held my shoes and socks in my hand, the six-year-old
repeated the question. After the second repeat the
three-year-old joined in.

"Where you going?"

People think that husbands are often bothered by wives asking
them where they are going. That's nothing compared to the two
little ones.

I was downstairs with them so I replied, "I'm going upstairs."

"But where you going?"

They knew that I did not require socks and shoes to go upstairs.

I could immediately answer them, I knew where I was going,
that wasn't the problem. The problem is that children,
like adults, often don't initially ask the real question.

Invariably, whenever I answer where I am going, I am bombarded
with the next question:

"Can I go?"
"Can I go?"

That's the real question they wanted to ask.

I have made it a point that wherever I am going, it is a place
that I would not mind my children knowing about. Whatever I am
going to do, it is something they can be proud of.

Whether you know it or not,
children eventually find out where you are going.

Eventually they ask of life on some level, "Can I go too?"

I was that child... When I was three, I remember my father shaving in the morning as my parents had a huge fight the night before. I knew he was leaving and had asked him where he was going so I could go too...

It has now been three years since I buried him. On the morning of the burial, I remembered asking him that question as it was now I who was shaving on the morning I would once again say goodbye to him. With tears running down my face, I felt the weight of the problem - that to my knowledge, he never did accept The Lord as his savior, so I can never follow the path he has taken. You see, I am not mine own... I was bought with a price and I cannot follow him where he is going.

It then seems even more important to consider who it is we are following, so we can rest assure that even though our roads diverge, we may rest assured that all of our roads will lead us back to the same place, if we have accepted Christ as our savior and have allowed Him to bridge that gap on the road to the Father, through Christ's work on the cross for us.