BB’s, WHAT is our
problem? What is our major
malfunction? We are such dumb
dumbs. Had a little discussion and
realization about this today. My little
girl has been lying this week. Nothing
major. And you KNOW this BB had busted
her on every single thing. She was
testing the waters. And I let her.
I tried not to scold too much. I didn’t call her out and embarrass her even
when she said lied to my face over stupid stuff. (Y'all, like spraying perfume. HELLO, I have a nose for crying out loud). Don’t get me wrong. I wanted to!
I wanted to jump all over her like a rabid spider monkey. But I chose to wait it out.
You might think I
was being lenient, but I pretty much gave birth to myself. I pay for it daily. I look in a 4 foot tall mirror and see all my
mess ups. I try to learn about myself,
but that’s part of me too. I have to
mess up a few times to get through to this stubborn brain of mine. I knew eventually it would happen… the mess
up that led to tears and repentance. No
point pushing it until she was ready. I
knew she would finally "burn the biscuits"…or something like that.
One thing we all know is that where there is
smoke there is fire… and biscuits in the microwave for 2 minutes will lead to enough
smoke to fill a tiny house quickly. And
fanning the door will not help… so I hear, because surely my smart child
wouldn’t think it would help with that much smoke. And I KNOW my smart child wouldn’t think
throwing a burning biscuit in the trash would cover her tracks. And I’m SURE this mom, that knew this was
coming, wouldn’t roll her eyes so far back in her head that my body thought I
did a back flip.
After a deep
breath, so that I wouldn’t ship my child to Timbuktu in disbelief that we had a
whole week… spring break mind you… of stupid nonsense, we talked. And I prayed God would allow me to treat and
see her as He sees her… and as He sees me. Cause at
the moment all I saw was a bratty child that had made a week at home borderline
unbearable. And we cried. You know why BB’s?? It’s almost Easter and she burned the
biscuits.
Stay with me a second…
The Lord and Savior
of the Universe was lied to by his friends. They tried to sneak things past Him. They didn’t trust Him. They
questioned Him. They were jealous of His
affection for others. They questioned
why He slept when they thought He should be moving and why He traveled when He
should have been sleeping and why He ate when they thought He should have been
fasting and why and why and why… They
get on my nerves. And then it makes ME
get on my nerves. We try to hide burnt
biscuits from our God!! Have we LOST our
brains???
Our Healer
Our Provider
Our Counselor
Our Creator
Our Deliverer
OUR SAVIOR!!
In three weeks,
we are going to spend a day praising God for raising Jesus from the dead. But BB’s, we need to spend time daily
realizing something…
Jesus, Son of God and our Savior was
Tortured
Beaten
Mocked
Bruised
Battered
Humiliated
Crucified
He suffered unbelievable torture and a
long, painful death
Over your and my burnt biscuits.
For God so loved the world (that’s you and me peeps!!), that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
Just like my baby
girl couldn’t hide a burning ball of yeast from me, I can’t hide from my Lord
and Savior!!! I pray that over the next
few weeks that you’ll soak that in. It
sounds trite, but it’s not. Jesus was
slayed like an animal over our stupid things. For us! So that we can be forgiven and live eternally with Him… IF you
are Christian. And IF you confess and
make that realization of GRACE.
By grace
(something given to you that you didn’t deserve), you are saved. If you aren’t a Christian or maybe you think
you are, but aren’t sure, will you message us and let us pray for you? We aren’t pastors or ministers or whatevs,
but we know plenty. We’d love to help
you.
For by grace you have been saved
through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a
result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
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