~ He'll Just Fix It ~
My oldest son has one of the most amazing hearts and continues to humble me as I watch him grow into a wonderful young man........However........he has this fault that I think he inherited from his mother - a very short attention span. And in the last couple of days that little quirk has gotten that poor child into a heap of trouble!
First, he cut down a little tree that was a wonderful shade for the back of our garage - and, as I called my dad in complete panic, since we had put our house on the market just days before - my dad calmly told me of a wonderful way to "just fix" the situation - truly making lemonade out of lemons!!
And, late last night, after leaving the baseball field, my son realized he had left his retainer in the grass! (Now, you must know that he picked a green retainer because it was the color of green baseball grass) :) And, while I think the first response would have been to be angry with him, it was like the Lord just came over me with pity for my son, and, I just calmly drove back to the dark field, shone the van lights in the grass, and the retainer was found.
As I was on my hands and knees searching in the dark grass and praying to find the retainer for my son's peace ~ it occurred to me how many times Christ has had to intercede for my peace as he helped me "fix" my doing with my human ways and sin.
I mess up ~ lots ~ yet, more often then I ever will deserve, Christ lovingly helps me "just fix it" and lets me get back on the path of my life as a wife and mother ~ isn't that His Amazing Grace?!
As I watched my son put the retainer back in his mouth, and listened to him (in a retainer in your mouth kinda way) tearfully tell me that he was praying so hard and asking Jesus to forgive him, I just held him with tears in my own eyes and said "I know honey, I know".
Thank you my beautiful Savior for knowing how to, and being willing to, "fix it" when I mess up. I pray I can have that deep grace for my precious children and the other souls you have placed in my life.
First, he cut down a little tree that was a wonderful shade for the back of our garage - and, as I called my dad in complete panic, since we had put our house on the market just days before - my dad calmly told me of a wonderful way to "just fix" the situation - truly making lemonade out of lemons!!
And, late last night, after leaving the baseball field, my son realized he had left his retainer in the grass! (Now, you must know that he picked a green retainer because it was the color of green baseball grass) :) And, while I think the first response would have been to be angry with him, it was like the Lord just came over me with pity for my son, and, I just calmly drove back to the dark field, shone the van lights in the grass, and the retainer was found.
As I was on my hands and knees searching in the dark grass and praying to find the retainer for my son's peace ~ it occurred to me how many times Christ has had to intercede for my peace as he helped me "fix" my doing with my human ways and sin.
I mess up ~ lots ~ yet, more often then I ever will deserve, Christ lovingly helps me "just fix it" and lets me get back on the path of my life as a wife and mother ~ isn't that His Amazing Grace?!
As I watched my son put the retainer back in his mouth, and listened to him (in a retainer in your mouth kinda way) tearfully tell me that he was praying so hard and asking Jesus to forgive him, I just held him with tears in my own eyes and said "I know honey, I know".
Thank you my beautiful Savior for knowing how to, and being willing to, "fix it" when I mess up. I pray I can have that deep grace for my precious children and the other souls you have placed in my life.
posted by Tina at 9:29 AM
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