Last night my son went with his girlfriend to her church's Sunday night service. Afterwards he called and said they were at a friends house, and he wanted to stay and watch the Passion of Christ. He's only 14 years old, and when the movie came out a few years ago, my husband and I felt that he, and more to the point, his younger brother were too young to watch; so when given this opportunity he knew to call and ask our permission - which I gave - but with mixed feelings.

See, I wanted to experience seeing this movie with him. I wanted to be part of that part of his life. I wanted to share this with him. But, I could not use my greed of his time/emotion/affection to hold him back and stop him from sharing this experience with his friends. How blessed I am that he has chosen friends who would choose to learn more about Jesus.

How blessed I am.