Today while in the Target parking lot, a fellow shopper ceased to put his shopping cart away and as a result the cart came flying down the aisle smashing into my van. I was not amused and under my breath muttered something along the lines of "You are so lazy... blah blah blah... and if you would have put your cart away...blah blah blah... my van wouldn't now be sporting a dent and black mark... blah blah blah...." Parker then looks over at me and goes, "Mom, your heart isn't happy. I can tell b/c your face isn't happy." I had to burst out laughing. Of course then Lillie had to keep repeating "Mommy's face not pretty happy." Our verse the past month has been Proverbs 15:13 "A happy heart makes a happy face." I'm so glad they get the concept. Embarrassed and humbled that I am the example.
My prayer: God, forgive me for not setting a good example some days of your infinite love and patience with us. I need A LOT of help. Thank you for my kids who are so blatantly honest and candid. I need their no nonsense, yet humorous approach.
3 comments:
Sounds like an incident that could have happened during one of our days. Cade and Keira always remind me to make Jesus happy with my actions (I didn't think that would come back to bite me but it has!!!) Thank goodness for our little imitators to keep us in line!
Maddie has started saying things like this to me-She keeps me in check the more she learns from the Bible. It is good and bad when your 6 year old has to keep you accountable. :)
It is so hard to keep a christ like attitude during those small everyday trials. Praying first thing in the morning has begun to at least start my day off right (it doesn't always stay that way!)
Amazing how God uses our kiddos to speak even louder to us. . . guess we weren't listening close enough before! ha! Love you and so enjoy growing along with you in our walks, as our kiddos remind us of how to be better children to our Father!
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