Life is sometimes like trying to camp in white clothes. There are just going to be scuffs and marks all over the place. The only way to keep clean is to not participate which is much worse than getting dirty.
Kids are difficult. I mean as a parent, I leave a lot to be desired. It's not that I am uninterested or have a lack of interest. I try, I really do. I work at it, but instead of running a race, I feel like I am on one of those gerbil wheels spinning and spinning but really not going anywhere. As a matter of fact, sometimes in all my work of spinning the big metal wheel I am on, I feel like shrapnel flies off the wheel and injures my kids who are the ones I am trying to help and guide.
Thankfully, God make my kids (like most kids) pretty resilient. Tough, and somewhat oblivious to their father’s flailings. Joseay is more and more interested in asking some deeper questions. Part of it is that she just likes to talk, and I guess she has learned that when she asks us a deep questions, we talk about it for a while. So, the other day, I thought it would be interesting to ask her how she knows God loves her. I was ready to give my kindergartner a great explanation, with verses, and arguments to bolster the belief. Sounds like a great idea right, I mean what kindergartner doesn't want a list of reference to know why to believe in god. Anyway, I asked, so how do you know God loves you. We were coloring in a book at the time, and she didn’t look up or really even pause what she was doing, but simply said “because he is God.” And kept right on coloring. Yep, that's a pretty good answer. It certainly shut me up and pulled me off the gerbil wheel for a bit. At least now I could concentrate on the coloring book.
Thanks God for making my kids tough enough to resist their bumbling father. How do I know God made them that way? Because he is God...
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