oh how they grow. . . .

We woke up to a very cold morning today, so I told Colson to get on a pair of jeans.  He called me into his room to tell me that they didn't fit.  I walked in and began to laugh.  I had no clue he had grown two inches over the summer! We had a good laugh and are planning a trip to buy new jeans, tonight, after school.  (FYI this is NOT a picture of him, I did not want to embarrass him by taking one so I found one on GOOGLE!)

I really know my role but sometimes. . . . . . .

Have you ever tried to play "Holy Spirit?" Today, I "almost" took on that role.  I was real close to stepping out of my role, as wife and mom, and into the role of Holy Spirit.  Thankfully God intervened; one of my manboys was the voice of reason.  He allowed me to share (really vent), then the Holy Spirit spoke through him, right to me.  What he said, I needed to hear and it all made complete sense.  When emotion takes over, I don't always think or act appropriately, I tend to re-act.  I saw a post on Facebook yesterday, it said, "I may seem quiet and reserved, but if you mess with my children I will break out a level of craziness that will make your nightmares seem like a happy place!"  I am neither quiet or reserved but I do get crazy when my kids are messed with.  Yesterday my kids were messed with; I wanted to go to that level of craziness that would cause harm (sad but true); thankfully God knew who to use and prepared my heart and ears to listen.  Was it easy? no! Did I want justice? yes! but at what cost? Several years ago Den said to me, "do you want to win the person, or win the fight?"  What does God want? I don't want to be a Spiritual Bully, my role is to let go, even when its hard, and let God and His Spirit do their "thing"! Whew, that's really a load off my shoulders.