A "Thank you Jesus" Moment

A few nights ago Ben and Addison were attempting (poorly) to put away all the trucks, cars, Legos and blocks they had used to build their mighty pirate and princess fortress in the living room when I could feel my cool going up a few degrees. It was bedtime and I was tired, shouldn't they be? I'm sure it was only a couple of minutes but it felt like it was taking them for-e-ver to clean up. Thankfully, the Lord calmed me down, showed me how well they were working together, reminded me that this time is fleeting, and led me to get down on my knees with them and say, "You know what guys?" (I think they thought they were in for it.) "I would so much rather have a messy house and you guys as my kids than a clean house and not have the two of you. Lets just read some books we can pick up the rest tomorrow." So thats what we did.

Lord, thank you for giving me glimpses of the bigger picture every now and then. And while they're working at getting better at picking up their toys, keep working on me to clean up my messes too.

Oh, don't worry, I'll blog about Ben's first day of school tonight too. :-)

Comments

Anonymous said…
Sarah, this is so cool! I do hope you are keeping a good record of all of this. Your ability to put all of this in God's perspectiive inspires me! I love you! Dad
8:19 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Quick Update

Image
We have been in Idaho just a few days shy of 7 months. That's over HALF a YEAR, people. MUCH has changed. Our daily routine? Changed. Weekend plans? Changed. People we call when we're in a jam? Changed. How we're being fed spiritually? Changed. (But not TOTALLY, because we are still being fed hearty meals from the truth of God's Word, only our "server" has changed, essentially). How we function as a family? Changed. Everything has changed.  Half a year in a new land, with new people, and a new EVERYTHING will change you. And we are okay with that. Matter of fact, we're better than okay! We scorched our way through a brutal, smoke filled August, and we are GOOD! We tip-toed into the school year in new schools, with new teachers, and new everything , and we are good! A couple kids even won awards! (She's one ...  the oldest was another, but conveniently ducked the camera >insert eye roll<). We mercifully made new frien...
Read more

My New Language

Image
My teen challenged me to a game of ping pong. Easy enough, one might think, but this particular teen has been playing for YEARS against GOOD players (my mother-in-law is a champ!). Not to mention his muscles are twice the size of mine and he's a least - dare I admit this - a solid three inches taller than I, probably four. He was so sweet when he asked, and I couldn't remember the last time he had, so of course I said yes. From the beginning he knew he could beat me. He is stronger, faster,  *sigh*  taller , and more skilled. So he, sweet thang that he is, played with his weaker hand, which honestly isn't saying much because the boy is straight up ambidextrous . He was still beating me. So he got on his knees. I kid you not. He put one hand behind his back and he. played. on. his. knees . Aaaaaaaaaand he still beat me. It probably didn't help that I was laugh/crying the entire time. He thinks it was because I was having the time of my life, and I WAS! But r...
Read more

The Post About School

Image
Our family has partially or full time homeschooled for eight years. And, getting really technical, if you think of the years per kid, that's 22 years of homeschooling ! I think it's safe to say we are homeschool fans. Our decision to homeschool, initially, came from three factors: 1. Mark is a big proponent of using time wisely, and neither of us were thrilled with the use of time in our local schools. 2. We don't vaccinate, which wasn't a big deal in the beginning because BACK THEN we could just sign a waiver and it was no biggie. Then CA went all - well, Californiaish- and basically it became impossible for us to legally enroll our kids in a public school. 3. What brought homeschooling to our attention was when a family brought us a meal after Mia was born, and in walked this 8 year old boy who was kind, polite, helpful, genuine, respectful, patient, and more. I asked the mom, "Where does this kid go to school? He is incredible! What are you doing??...
Read more