I'll Put It Where I Want To!

Our soon-to-be-5-in-March grandson

spends Tuesdays with us. 

He loves

donuts

paintin’ and puzzles

games and gluing

play dough and playgrounds

movies

sand

wrestling

Yup . . . he’s busy

and smart

and he likes to

put.his.toe.over.the.line

on occasion.

Yesterday

when asked to put

an item in a certain place

his reply was

“I’ll put it where I want to”

The momma mode

in this Meme kicked into gear

(or as my son would say

“he’s barking up the wrong momma”)

and this Meme replied

“It’s my house

I’m the boss

and I’ll put that where

I want it.”

Truly spoken like

one child to another

Yes?  Yes!

Well . . .

I’m pretty sure that God gives us

children and grandchildren

as a direct channel of communication

with us

since we don’t always

hear / listen to God

in our “quiet times”

I remember saying

to my children

“how many times have I told you . . "

as God

at the very same time

said to me

“and how many times have I told YOU . . .”

Yesterday’s

“I’ll put it where I want to”

was a gentle reminder of the

rebellious

self-sufficient

I-know-what’s-best-for-me

I-can-do-it-myself

attitude, carnal nature

toward God

when

God only means to do us good

It is a daily

sometimes moment-by-moment

knee-bending

(aka submission)

to the work of the cross

and cleansing blood

of my Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ

It says in Colossians 3:10 . . .

“Put on your new nature

and be renewed

as you learn to know your Creator

and become like him.”

(emphasis added)

(all of chapter 3, actually)

This putting on of our new nature

of being renewed

doesn’t happen over night!

It happens

through relationship

through time

in His presence!

So very thankful for 

His unconditional love

and

His great grace and mercy . . .
and for
children and grandchildren!