Success

As I told a co-worker this past week about Russell, I realized, one reason I was so distraught the first week was that he may not have what I think is the successful life I want for my children: College degree, married with kids - what I have. Not that those who don't have a degree, married or have kids aren't successful and I wouldn't necessarily require a degree from my kids - it is just what I hope for. I told my co-worker that I just had to redefine success for Russell. He said Russell may still have what I imagined for him - we don't know.

Today as I thought about it, I remembered a talk I went to in college.  I don't remember for sure what the speech was about or who gave it but I remember he said there were two times the word "success" is used in the Bible. One of which is below:

This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your prosperous, and then you shall be successful. (Joshua 1:8).

If we can teach Russell to follow that verse and focus on God - that will be success.