Easter Application

Yesterday the 2 oldest boys had a rough morning. It was one of those mornings where EVERYTHING was an issue. Kendrick would hit Caleb. Caleb would take a toy from Kendrick. Kendrick would yank the toy back and Caleb would run away crying. Repeat this. Over and over . . . I was definitely feeling like a police officer. I would finish correcting one only to have to turn and correct the other.

What a fun morning God had planned for me. There was a point where I lost my temper. And then I put Kendrick in the bathtub for a bath so that I could separate the two of them. I called my hubby, and then I meditated on who God is and what He has done for me and for these boys. It was a sweet moment of the application of the Gospel - what we are attempting to celebrate this week with Easter approaching. I confessed my anger to God and the boys, asking their forgiveness and we started over.

The second half of the morning didn't go any better circumstantially, but God sure enabled me to have an attitude that was more pleasing to Him. Colossians 2:13-14 says, "And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."

Just as Christ was dead and is now alive, so am I. The same power that resurrected Christ from the dead is the same power that works in me to make me more like Him. It is the same power that is able to change my boys' hearts and help them become more like Christ by choosing to obey.

Last night we dyed eggs. Kendrick loved it. Dad was a great teacher.
Camden enjoyed watching.
This morning I found him gnawing on one of these. His tongue and mouth were all green from the food coloring!