"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." -John Muir

Sunday, June 19, 2011

prayer changes everything

For summer fun, my kids spent some time painting wooden cars. I lined the kitchen table to prevent accidents.

As I was returning from the bathroom, I saw three kids diligently scrubbing a kitchen chair. Ethan had spilled the water cup used for cleansing the brushes onto the fabric chair.

Ethan saw my [not happy] face and froze.

"Get cleaning now!!"

Now Ethan is a very unique individual. Sometimes I feel like he is in his own world, so I wasn't too surprised when he just got on the floor and on his knees hunched over the water bottles for a couple seconds. Then he popped right up.

And then it hit me.

With tears in my eyes and now in my throat I said, "Did you just say a prayer?!?"

"yes."

I couldn't be mad anymore. I grabbed a magic eraser and started helping out. We then took the chair outside to spray it with the hose.

So... if you come to my house and literally see a rainbow on my kitchen chair, you will know that you are seeing the love of Christ.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.

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