“Look, I cleaned the mirror!” I heard as I rounded the corner into my bedroom. OH NO! No no no no no! Noooooo! I JUSSSST cleaned that mirror, what did you do? Again, she declared, “I cleaned the mirror mommy!”
This is an image of my bedroom mirror.
Gross, I know.
But don’t worry… it is simply the art work of my toddler —from about a week ago now—
I can’t help but think sometimes this must be how I look going around trying to be an imitator of Christ. Ephesians 5:1-2 says,
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved [a]you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a fragrant aroma.
I fall short and make a mess when I’m only doing “my best” to follow in the footpath of a much wiser Leader—my Savior. Somedays LOVE is rare in my words, in my attitudes, in my actions and in my thoughts. I wish I had a better heart more like Him always in all-ways. But I have to wrestle my flesh daily and sometimes moment by moment.
I thank God for His Grace and for His patience in my life. I can be so impatient and not grace filled with my kids especially somedays… yet God gives me new day after new day to try again to “clean the mirror”.
Lamentations 3:23
Never ceases! His mercies never come to an end!
God, make my heart, my words, my thoughts and my attitudes more filled with love and patience and grace. I ask in Jesus name, amen
In humility,
Abi
