With my husband and older children gone for the week,
I bravely set out to take the younger 5 children on an outing to pick blackberries.
I had trouble getting a lunch packed, dinner in the crock pot,
and all the necessities we would need for the day in the van in a timely matter.
Sadly, I forgot to pack my gentle and quiet spirit.
My romantic notions of us all picking baskets full of sumptuous berries along the river were sunk.
As I became desperate to stop the train of irritability that I had so easily succumbed to,
I sighed,
I prayed,
and I repented.
My children gladly forgave.
I said I would reward them with Popsicles.
“You’re the Best Mommy!” I heard enthusiastically from one of the back seats.
I was humbled.
If only I could muster the graciousness of a 6 year old.
Warm wind blowing in our faces,
our fingers purple and sticky from our productivity and Popsicles,
we happily made our way home.
The words of a song I had been listening to over on YaYa Yarns blog saturated my mind:
“And like a flood, His mercy reigns
Unending love-Amazing Grace”
“And like a flood, His mercy reigns
Unending love-Amazing Grace”
Earlier, I had been soaked in agitation.
Thankfully, God had heard my cry.
Thankfully, the children were easily appeased,
and thankfully, I was able to walk away from my selfish attitude and walk with God.
It has been a long, humbling week with my husband and older ones gone.
The younger ones are easily out of sorts with half the family missing.
I have been tried and failed.
However, His mercy reigns,
and as Ms. Stacey (Anne of Green gables) wisely stated:
“Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it.”
When we go visit Nanny in the morning,
the first thing I will make sure I have with me is
a gentle and quiet spirit.
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