is usually pretty immediate if I'm going to let Him get through at all.
#1
Tonight was a rough night with the middlest. After a lot of unpleasantness (and MAJOR grumpiness and meanness on my part) he ended up in his bed sobbing. I had planned on leaving him in there to fall asleep and I sat on the couch. I felt terrible pretty quickly and got up to check on the kid. I sat on his bed and without even turning around to look at me he said, "I love you to the stars and back. Twice." Yes, I started crying.
Here is a tiny kid who was lovin on his mean, mean momma despite the fact that she was just a raging jerk to him just minutes before. I thought about how as a Father figure, God wants us to come to Him after we've been jerks and He'll tell us He loves us to the stars and back. Twice. But here it's the child so willing to do the same thing to his mom. Maybe this doesn't sound right- I can't fully wrap my brain around it tonight. I learned something tonight- or re-learned it. I hope I don't soon forget it.
#2
Within seconds of sending a snarky e-mail in response to one I'd received, I opened another e-mail with a daily bible verse. It was an immediate smack on the hand.
"But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." Matthew 12:36-37
Dang. God-smacks. Sometimes they're necessary.
4 comments:
the first one made me tear up...the second one made me laugh! its funny how He has his ways and sometimes they are subtle and sometimes they are all up in your face :o) Isnt it nice though that He cares that much?!
I definitely need the "in your face" variety otherwise I don't get it.
Is not the mom-job the most heart-heavy job in the world? I feel your grief, friend.
I get it. It's so humbling when our kids pour grace and mercy over our mean heads. They can be pills but they haven't quite been so corrupted to hold grudges, etc.
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