TIME OUT AND MERCY

TIMEOUT AND MERCY

I HAVE THE TWO , ALMOST THREE, MOST PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN IN THE WORLD.
GOD USES THEM TO SPEAK TO MY HEART ALL THE TIME. YESTERDAY I WAS BLESSED
TO RECEIVE A LIFE LESSON FROM BRETT, MY 4 YEAR OLD.

I DROVE BRETT AND KATE TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY. I ATTEND A BIBLE STUDY AT THE CHURCH WHERE THEY GO TO PRESCHOOL. BRETT WAS ESPECIALLY SWEET AND FULL OF CONVERSATION. I CARRIED MY BIBLE IN A PINK TOTE BAG. BRETT WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WAS IN MY BAG. HERE IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE.

“MA IS D’ERE A PRESENT IN DAT BAG?”. “WHY YES, BRETT. IT IS MY BIBLE. A GIFT FROM GOD TO ME TO TELL ME HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME.” WAS MY ANSWER.

“AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU S’POSED TO DO AND NOT DO, RIGHT MA?”

CAN I SEE THAT BOOK MA?”

“OF COURSE, BRETT!”

“MA, D’ERE ARE PICTURES AND STUFF ALL IN HERE. WHY DEY HERE MA?”

“THOSE ARE PICTURES OF PEOPLE I LOVE AND PRAY FOR BRETT.”

“MA, THEY A PICTURE OF ME IN HERE, MA! MA, YOU PRAY FOR ME???”

AT THIS POINT, I FILLED WITH TEARS…..!

“YES, BRETT, I PRAY FOR YOU EVERYDAY.
I PRAYED FOR YOU AND KATE, MOMMY, DADDY, AND BABY REID IN MOMMY’S TUMMY JUST THIS MORNING BEFORE I PICKED YOU UP.”

“MA, HERE A PICTURE OF MOMMY AND DADDY WITH LOTS OF PRESENTS. DEY GETTING MARRIED IN THIS PICTURE? WHEN I GET MARRIED WILL I GET LOTS OF PRESENTS?”

“YES, BRETT. BUT WHO WILL YOU MARRY?”

“I DON’T KNOW WHO I MARRY , MA!”

“I DON’T EITHER BRETT, BUT I PRAY AND ASK GOD TO HELP YOU FIND JUST THE PERFECT WIFE FOR YOU AND THAT YOU WILL SAVE YOUR HEART FOR HER UNTIL GOD SHOWS YOU WHO HE WANTS YOU TO MARRY.”

“MA, IS DIS WHERE SANTA CLAUS WRITES DOWN THE LIST OF WHAT I GET FOR CHRISTMAS?”

“NO BRETT, THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT SANTA CLAUS IN THE BIBLE.”

“ I WUV YOU, MA.”

“I LOVE YOU TOO, BRETT.”

SO GOES MY MORNING……A GIFT FROM GOD. THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING VERY CLOSE TO MY GRANDCHILDREN. THE PRIVILEDGE OF BEING PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. A PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A BIBLE AND BEING ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT JESUS TEACHABLE MOMENTS. OH, HOW I LOVE THEM. I COULD NOT HAVE ORCHESTRATED THIS CONVERSATION….IT WAS A GIFT FROM GOD.

I CALLED AMYBETH TO SHARE THIS STORY. SHE LAUGHED AND REPLIED.

“IT MUST HAVE GONE DOWNHILL FROM THERE. BRETT CAME HOME WITH HIS SECOND UNHAPPY FACE OF THE YEAR ON HIS BEHAVIOUR SHEET!”

WELL, THAT IS JUST LIKE ME. I HAVE TENDER MOMENTS WITH MY LORD. WE SHARE PRICELESS STORIES AND I FEEL SO CLOSE TO HIM. THEN…….I GO ABOUT MY DAY AND BLOW IT!!!!

HE FORGIVES ME, DRAWS ME BACK INTO HIS LAP AND REPEATS THOSE SAME LOVE
STORIES, THE SAME WISDOM , AGAIN AND AGAIN. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I FAIL, HE IS THERE TO FORGIVE ME AND ENCOURAGE ME.

LORD,
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME, GIVING ME THE GIFT OF SALVATION AND THE BIBLE, THAT SHOWS ME “WHAT I S’POSED TO DO AND NOT DO.” THANK YOU FOR THOSE “TIME OUT” MOMENTS AND FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS AND MERCY AND GRACE WHEN I BLOW IT.
YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE WITH OPEN ARMS TO FORGIVE AND ENCOURAGE ME.”

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME TWO, ALMOST THREE, PRECIOUS GRANDCHILDREN TO GIVE THEIR MA LIFE LESSONS.

I AM TRULY BLESSED.