In case you missed it…
I was honored (and more than a little intimidated!) to write a guest post this week for Club31Women, where they are all about equipping folks to enjoy strong marriages, healthy families, and joy-filled homes. And all I could think, as I recalled the early days of our parenting, was how I longed to get it all right. Thank goodness God has a good sense of humor–and that he is faithful in the midst of our mess!
It was one of those days. None of my “good parenting” strategies seemed to be working.
I looked at the chore chart on the fridge. Half the stuff was not done.
The character chart? The one where the kids could earn stars? Let’s just say we had a lot of white space.
And the Bible memory verse I had posted? Please. Why don’t they tell you to aim lower, maybe with something like John 11:35?
Jesus wept. Roger that.
As I said, it was one of those days. We’d had four kids in six years, and as I looked around at the mayhem (and found the missing cat in the refrigerator—“It’s the orphanage, Mom!”), something snapped.
“Can anybody,” I challenged, “tell me a Bible verse? Just one. I will take anything.”
Four little bodies stopped moving. Four sets of eyes (not counting the cat’s) stared into mine. Nobody spoke, until finally Robbie—aged 5—offered this:
“Don’t slip?”
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Robbie back-pedaled. “Wait,” he said. “Maybe that one is a pool rule…”
Wanna see where this post goes? Click here to keep reading–and while you’re at it, check out all the fabulous marriage and parenting helps over at Club31Women.com.
And maybe pray for Virginia. Last weekend, she told us that she’s got her eyes on another kitten she wants to adopt…
