As most everyone knows, all great revelations come in the shower…or at least in some proximity of the bathroom. Being a mom of two boys who inherited great communication skills, for me it is the shower – my 10 (ok 30) minutes of quietness!!
My great revelation this evening came when I was looking up at the conditioner bottle and saw the word fortifying. I thought to myself, “now that is a great word to describe God”. I went on to read the rest of the “promises” that were written on the bottle and I realized that if you just substitute the word “you” for the word “hair” and God’s name in place of the word “conditioner” you have yourself a message of deliverance right there in the shower. Now, you have to take into account that I just so happened to purchase a conditioner for dry, damaged hair which makes it even better. Stick with me!
This is how I read it: “Are you dry, over-dried or damaged? Feel unhealthy to the touch? Do you need nourishment without being weighed down? Try God’s Triple Nutrition…the 3 nutritive oils penetrate to nourish every part of you to the core. 1. The oil of the Father nourishes the inner core. 2. The oil of Jesus nourishes and softens the middle layer. 3. The oil of the Holy Spirit nourishes and smoothes the surface. The Results: Triple Nutrition for a dry, over-dried or damaged you. You will become silky, radiant and full of life. Directions: Apply God to you from the root to the tip. Rinse. For best results, use the the whole Triple Nutrition System!!!
Ok, you can’t say that isn’t just good stuff right there on isle 32. The Lesson: God is everywhere and in everything desperately wanting to heal our dry, damaged souls. All we have to do is apply it (His Word and His Promises), and the more dry…the more we have to apply, every day. I pray that He will open your eyes to see the radiant and full life He has for you!
It was a big day at our house yesterday. My oldest and most cautious son picked up a worm!!! I know what you are thinking..big deal, right? Well, it is around here. I don’t think he has ever touched a bug in his four plus years and our yard is full of them. Now, his brother John picked it up right away and was even responsible when one of the worms went missing. When asked where he put it, he said, “ummmmm…ahhhhh…over there” but he has not acted sick and I have not found anything in his diaper, so I am still hoping that “over there” was an accurate description. Anyway, Jack was so excited about his two new worms that we even put them in a tupperware container with some dirt and let them come inside for most of the day. Right before dinner I told him that it was time to put the worms back in the yard so they could go find food and do whatever it is that worms do. Jack was very concerned and said, “But mom, if we put them back outside we won’t be able to find them again….will they be in the same holes where we put them?” To which I answered, “probably not” to which Jack continued to plead, “but mom, if they won’t be in the same holes where we put them then we will have to look for them again and might not be able to find them tomorrow when we want to play with them. I then said, “Well, Jack, we will just have to go out there and look for them until we find them just like we did today.”
Jack has recently been very concerned about me forgetting he or John when I leave the store, the house, or especially someone else’s house. The other night he kept asking if I would pick up John and carry him all the way to the car. I asked him why and he finally admitted it was because he did not want me to leave him there. I laughed and said, “Jack, I would never leave you or your brother anywhere on purpose.” Well, I am thinking back and wondering why all of a sudden is he so concerned, and I think I know.
John received an awesome birthday gift from his Nana and Papa that Jack is having a lot of fun with lately which brings me my next blog topic!! It is called Computer Cool School and I must say it IS very “cool” and educational..not only that, it is also easy enough for Jack to play on his own..which we both love (-: Anyway, he loves learning about the animals and the other night he randomly asked me, “Mom, why do the zebras have to look out for danger?” My answer: “Well, they have to look around and make sure no other bigger animals are coming after them to eat them.” The lesson: Don’t get caught grazing. There are certain enemies that will not be deceived by your stripes (outward appearance) but be alert and keep your head up. 1 Peter 5:8 “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
Every time Jack needs to go upstairs to “sit on the potty” I follow him in anticipation of receiving my next blog idea, and well…he did it once again. He goes in the bathroom, shuts the door and turns on the fan. Something to this ritual helps him really focus and get the job done. I lean my ear up to the door like only every good mother would do and listen intently. Jack has recently been asking about all of the animals at the zoo and if they will be nice in heaven, especially the polar bear from the Tulsa Zoo that recently went to heaven, which should explain the first part of his thought process, but the rest just amazed me…too sweet not to share, so here it is.