Redeeming Waters

You guys are way too kind.  Isn’t it nice to know we are not in this parenting thing alone.  Emails and FB messages and comments and texts reminded me again and again I’m not the only crazy out there who cries in the bathroom 🙂  I kid.  You guys are the greatest in all the land.

I become more and more deeply in love with the fact that God’s grace is really and truly sufficient for all and for every last mistake I make.  My kids are living proof.  I’m a giant screw up and yet they love me all the more.  Several people commented yesterday about how they had parents who apologized to them and how that made all the difference.  My mom was that way.  She knew how to say she was sorry.  I don’t always do it…sometimes my pride gets the best of me, but I do want our kids to know Josh Kelley and myself are far from perfect and we need God’s grace and mercy just like the rest of the world.

And His mercies sure do come with the morning.  The sun still rises and the strangest thing happens…I get another shot.  So because I believe there is redemption in the water at the wave pool we went first thing yesterday morning 🙂  And it was just what we all needed.

We needed a break.  We needed fun.  We needed the water and the sunshine.  I needed a tan.

And we didn’t stop there.  Solomon’s teacher asked us all over to swim today.  And we went.  And stayed all the live long day.  And ate pizza and chips and slurped popsicle after popsicle.  I met new ladies.  The kids met new friends.  Our current youngest was insane in the water…zero fear people.  And Amon hovered around the shallow end in fear for his life.  But oh the fun, the fun just kept coming.  I mean, there was a diving board for the love.

We didn’t come home until just before dinner time.  You know what this means…kids falling asleep everywhere and “Let’s just eat snacks for dinner” kind of night.  So we chilled even more while watching a movie from the library and chomping on microwave popcorn while I continued to pack for Africa.

(please note we have an ENTIRE table devoted to Lego building.  Intervention needed!)

Yes indeed, His mercies sure do keep coming.  His grace just doesn’t run out.  And I would know!

Happy Wednesday.