It's dying to read her story because you couldn't get it out of your mind, and then finding the divine tale among the treasure loot in the best swag bag--the perfect airplane reading for the twelve hour journey home.
It's being convinced that the red and black stowaway crayolas ruined an entire load of laundry and then finding a post about how to get the crayon out and the crazy method actually worked!
It's your husband coming home early on the one afternoon he had to himself because he knew that boys smashing raw eggs under the dining room table made you come undone.
It's tears of joy over an ordinary trip to Costco turned extraordinary.
It's losing your mind to brothers bickering and then catching the biggest one cuddling the littlest.
It's praying for two years for the perfect house, the bigger house, while trying to be content in the smallness where the baby has to sleep in the bathroom because there's just no other room... and then once content, receiving the home long desired.
It's hearing the raspy words birthed from the three-year-old's soul that "You're my bestest mommy ever"--words that don't remember you lost your patience at all things boyish and yelled at those sweet boys.
It's clear blue skies and warm October breezes.
It's baby eyelashes long and dark. It's afternoons swinging with friends in the park.
It's hot peppermint tea and the Word in a quiet house.
It's a friend who really knows even though you're just getting to know her.
It's hot showers, water pounding calm down your back. It's Jesus standing in the gap for everything you lack.
It's every time He makes beauty out of the mess, every time He gives more when you deserve much less. It's the light when you thought there would only be dark. It's the gift that gives joy's fullest spark.
Grace is cream in my coffee. Hugs tight around my neck. It's being okay with being a wreck.
Fall leaves in every autumnal hue. Forgiveness for me. Forgiveness for you.
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4 comments:
Great post, handsome, joyful young men that look like they could hug the dickens out of you and drive you crazy at the same time!
Girl! I love this post for so many reasons but my favorite is the "cream in my coffee" line. I am writing that up on my fridge so I remember it! Just so eloquent and full of truth for a coffee creamer lover like me! ;)
Oh my yes! Grace gifts...all of them, and I just love all the beautiful ways you've listed them here. Especially the last: forgiveness for me, forgiveness for you. YES! With love to you...
So poignant! I should list the elements of grace in my own life more often...
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