Tonight one of our kids said an unkind thing about one of their siblings.... Honestly, this is not uncommon at all! Ha! Our kids slam each other all the time and yell and get annoyed with each other. But... this was different.
It was joking with the hint and snide side of truth behind it. It was meant to be heard as a statement but with a subtle, "oh crap, if they catch on and get mad, I'll just say I was joking."
Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.
Well, it didn't fly and the child with the one liner "joking" got called out pretty quick.
Sometimes it just goes too far, and tonight it went too far. I quickly gave the "mom eyes" at this child and asked the ever dreaded mother response; "what did you just say?"
Gulp... "I was joking."
"Child you know good and well you were not joking now go downstairs till you correct that mouth." Yeah, I said something along those lines and may have said something like, stop being a smart@$$. (I am sorry if that offends some but it's the truth and words fly sometimes when they shouldn't and this I shall apologize for the millionth time over such mom-mouth-fails.)
The night moves along and kids finish homework, fold laundry, put away laundry, sing songs, check stats on mile split from the latest track meet and pray. We talk about tomorrow...
Friday, the Friday. Where most Friday's I want to scream #BoomShakalaka and dance, tomorrow I shall dance with praise over the most loving act of all time.
I sat there chatting with the kids...
Ya, Know guys, God did not wait for us to get it right, He did not wait for us to stop screwing up, He did not even wait for us to stop saying dumb things about each other. (See what I did there... #howtomakeyourchildfeelguilty101)
He said, I love you. I love you, I made you, you're not perfect, I watch you mess up day after day... and I love you still.
My son Jesus, He's perfect, He's the perfect sacrificial lamb, by his death and his perfect blood, it's going to cover up all your imperfection. By his sacrifice you are made right with me, and become apart of my family. The family you were created for.
Tomorrow, this Friday. My mind will be here. My heart meditating on these things.
Tonight, as we spoke on these things and the love of Christ, it makes the little jokes with subtle truth seem so trivial. But it also shows us the need of a Savior.
On our own, our hearts are so deceitful.... on our own we believe the lies we tell ourself and create in us our own little worlds with our own realities. My kids display the truth of this everyday. We all can get so wrapped up in and of ourselves that we miss everything...
At this moment I am sitting upstairs, writing away on this blog. My kids are sleeping and my child with the mouthy comment tonight is probably still wishing he'd held his tongue.
Do you know what is so beautiful? Forgiveness.
Of all the mess ups and screw ups my kids do, I will always forgive them. I love them.
Of all my mess ups and screw ups and constant failures at life.... it's been forgiven. This does not give me the free right to live however in the world I want... this, this forgiveness gives me the free right to live as I should have lived all along.
"I'm forgiven, because he was forsaken. I'm alive and well and His spirit lives with in me, because He died and rose again."
The Death of Jesus:
Mark 15:24-27, 29-42 Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.” Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!” The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him. At noon, darkness fell across the whole land until three o’clock. Then at three o’clock Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for the prophet Elijah. One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink. “Wait!” he said. “Let’s see whether Elijah comes to take him down!” Then Jesus uttered another loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. When the Roman officer who stood facing him saw how he had died, he exclaimed, “This man truly was the Son of God!” Some women were there, watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. They had been followers of Jesus and had cared for him while he was in Galilee. Many other women who had come with him to Jerusalem were also there. This all happened on Friday, the day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath."
"For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ."
2 Corinthians 5:21
I have a favorite commentator of scripture...
J. Vernon McGee. I quote him more than any other I believe. Here below are pictures taken from his words on his take on the above passage. (Sorry you kinda have to piece it together)
I just love it! Happy Friday!
And the last sentence finishes with...
"He was forsaken of God and yet, even at that time, God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself. What a paradox we find here."
"For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation."-
2 Corinthians 5:19
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