Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Forgiveness
After a long night and morning again with Mercia I was pretty tired this afternoon and I was counting down the moments till naptime. I had two down and 1 to go at 12:30. Karis and I came downstairs to clean up and had a "situation." I was asking her to clean-up, she wasn't exactly joyful about it, I wasn't joyful about her not being joyful. Then there was some confusion as to my direction about cleaning up the books and somehow more book wound up on the floor. My next statement in just a whiny voice as Karis, "Karis, What are you doing?" Anyway, I was angry. As I was putting Karis down for a nap a few moments later and I was convicted and I sought her forgiveness for being angry with her. She got up real close to me and said, "Mommy, no matter how many times you get angry I'll always forgive you." And she gave me a big hug. Such kindness and mercy from my 3 year old!
4 comments:
Praise God that we have glimpses of Him in our children. I pray that we can be a reflection of Him to them.
that is sweet encouragement from the Lord! reminds us of psalm 8, out of the mouth of babies...
How sweet! Karis's response brought tears to my eyes. It's obvious she has heard those words spoken to her - well done, Mom and Dad :) May you continue to reap the fruit of your labor, and grace from our gracious Savior.
Blessings to you as you invest your life into your precious children - Beth Mellinger
Thank you for sharing Jerusha, these tender moments are times we will cherish always as moms aren't they? Love you and may His mercies be sweet and near to your heart today!
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