I Woke From A Dream Today Refreshed Because I Was Laughing A Hearty Laugh In My Dream

Yep, that is exactly what happened to me this morning. I woke up and had a great feeling because I remembered I was laughing in my dream. Not just a laugh but it was a hearty laugh, that is a good thing, a very good thing at that too. I think I needed to laugh a bit because I realized something the other day and I felt a little bad about it. Many months ago I shared a piece of advice with a person and I come to find out that the advice I shared was not right. Back then I thought it was right. It was not until the other day when Holy Spirit reminded me about something in my very life that happened that contradicted the advice I shared with this person. What can I say other than I am sorry and I hope there is forgiveness in your heart and that I am not perfect. I am learning along with the rest of you about life.
This is what I shared with this person. I suggested that if a child likes a person you may be seeing or thinking of taking it to the level of marriage to trust what they say. I said something like this that kids know these things and to trust if they like the person. WRONG. Here is what happened to me in my life. I was in grade school and on two occasions my mother had the opportunity to date two different men at one time or another (not at the same time.) I did not like the idea of her dating anyone and if she did it would take away from the time she spent with us because she was already working full time to support us. The one guy for sure I did not like and the other man I did not want it to advance because I did not like his last name. You see, in retrospect, the one would have given my mother and us a finer life (we had a good life it would have been finer.) To this day whenever my mom has the occasion of running into him he always asks how the children are doing. I, in one respect because of my selfishness stopped my mother from being pursued by a good man. When you think about it I was really a kid and I had no business putting up a stink for her to block her from happiness did I? Kids are not capable of helping to make such a big decision for an adult. We want to please our children and make them happy and want it to so badly work that if we allow them to choose for us we may end up with a wrong partner. Think back, I was a kid and to me I let something as little as not liking the last name of the person be a reason in my mind. I did not tell that to my  mom I just put up a stink about it. There was a good, honorable and upright man that could have given us a wonderful life that I thought was not for us. That is why it is not wise to let your children decide if a person is right or not right for your life. They are not adults and not capable of weighing out with sense why one should or should not be with another.
Adults should make these decisions and be seeking counsel from sound minded adults and most importantly, seeking the Lord and He will tell you yes or no. That is the true one to seek. Remember, who God sets aside for your life may not be the first choice for a child because they are all about themselves at that stage in their lives. So, if a person comes along that has order in their life a child that only wants to have fun may not like the order that will come to their life. In the end as they grow into adulthood they will be glad that order did come into their life for it can be used to springboard them off into their destiny. You can't always have fun, fun, fun without the balance of order too. Fun is good and it definitely has a place in life, it balances the serious side of a person. I cannot make decisions for you and when I am seeking an answer I truly do seek the Lord, I fast and I pray and I have known Him to ALWAYS be faithful. He will speak to your heart if you let Him. Do not harden your heart so as to not be able to hear Him. In times of doubt all I can say by experience in my life is to TRUST, TRUST, TRUST. Oh, one more thing, laugh for laughter is good for you.
I should add one more important thought at this point, do trust your children if they should come to you and tell you that that person was inappropriate with them at all. That is your responsibility to thoroughly check into that as their parent, the guardian of their life and most importantly, the guardian of their heart. Be a blessing to your children this very day. Isn't that what it boils down to? To be a blessing to your children with your love, comfort and protection so when they go to sleep at night they can have that freedom to rest and wake up rested in the morning.