Decisions
Something has been bugging my conscience as of late.
I had a visitation with my daughter at the end of May. For context, in order to be peaceful, I agreed to graduating visitation, so this was supervised.
The person supervising, either through poor judgement or poor counsel, thought that they were going to be deceptive with something. What they may not realize is that the spidey senses are a touch more perceptive these days. I recognized the anomaly within about ten seconds. I stay frosty. I said nothing.
They started out by lying about separate personnel issues. I knew it was a lie but said nothing. But then, they took the deception up to eleven by saying, "sorry sir." I still said nothing.
I finished my visitation, which was wonderful, seeing the smile on my daughter's face. I stayed peaceful, for her sake. I even reiterated my objectives about my daughter moving forward, so that people could be reminded that I want God's best for her in a crappy situation.
None of this escaped my perception. My daughter was taught, passively, that lies and deception are permissible.
That was not okay. And it did not escape God's perception either. Yet I will stay peaceful, and forgive yet another transgression. It's just more work for me to do by His grace.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6)