She is my "baby", my youngest child and she LOVES that position. When I want to mess with her I ask her how she would feel if we had another baby, if she became a big sister instead of the baby? Her reaction is a clear and loud, "No". Haha :)
We were outside the other day, she was playing in the yard, wearing her heels, and I was sitting on the patio. There is a downward slope to our yard and I'm not sure what she tripped over, but she fell in a grassless area under a large bush. When she fell, to add insult to injury, the earth's gravity pulled her face down even further than normal because of the slope.
I saw it happen and knew she was okay. No blood, no scrapes, really just her pride was hurt. She got up from the ground and with her arms stuck to her sides, she staggered over to me. From her face-down fall, she had dirt and tiny yellow flowers stuck to her face. She even had some dirt in her mouth. She didn't bother to reach up and brush it off or try to fix her situation at all, she just came straight to me.
As I cleaned her up and comfort her, I thought, THIS is what God wants. *When* (not if) we fall, let's not waste time or energy trying to brush the dirt off, clean ourselves up, dig the dirt out of our mouth -- let's get straight to God and let Him take care of us. Dirt and weeds and flowers stuck to our face and all.
Hebrews 4:14-16 MSG Now that we know what we have—Jesus, this great High Priest with ready access to God—let’s not let it slip through our fingers. We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin. So let’s walk right up to him and get what he is so ready to give. Take the mercy, accept the help.
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