Beuler...Beuler...

08.07.13  It's been a while.  So here we go...

I told a friend the other day, who was asking me to please blog again, that I just don't have anything to say.  That is partly true.  What I figured out about an hour ago is that I don't have anything to say because I don't have (take) time to think!  I was in a mood earlier (that is a nice way to put it).  I already had my running clothes on, as dinner was finishing up in the oven, when a child asked me why I had MY Kindle on MY dresser.  They told me that was a bad place to put it because they may touch it.  I explained that it was MY Kindle and that was why I put it on MY dresser and that they could keep THIER hands to themselves.  They responded with, "Why are you being so mad at me?".  So, I took off for a run while the sun was still blazing, as was my mood.  At about mile 1 1/2 it dawned on me that the said child was begging me, in their own little way, to remove the temptation from them.  They knew they had a weakness and they needed their mother to help them to be strong.  I was just too selfish to see it.  I immediately realized that as I was working my physical muscles, God was working my spiritual muscles.  I prayed and asked God that I would always hear my children's cries for help.  Usually I am so frustrated at their behavior (and how it affects me) that I fail to really listen.  Oh Lord Jesus, forgive me where I fail you and in turn fail them!  Thank you for the restoration of the cross and the sensitivity of the Spirit to speak to us.  Thank you that I listened.