The title of this BLOG has an entirely new meaning to me today. It has been a long few days as my almost 2 year old has had a fever for 4 days, and we are still waiting to see if he has “strep throat”. Nothing we can do to help until we know other then fever reducer.. ahh.
So, Back to the Spaghetti O’s…
I never buy things like this, but in the occasion of sick toddler, and tired Momma, I thought one time wouldn’t hurt. I opened the can, while holding my very needy, not feeling well boy, poured it in a pan, heat it, served it.. All went well right? Then came time to put it in Tupperware with a lid.. with one hand while holding kid in other… and ….
UH OH… (says my son) as I take captive what I want to say….
Spaghetti O’s went FLYING across my kitchen floor in every direction, on my floor, on my counters, all over the oven door and any crevis that exsisted around it…
So I know this isn’t that big of a deal to blog about, but as I was cleaining it up (which isn’t easy) I was thinking about how this little accident was my fault… but it was just an accident. The thought came to me about what I would have said or done or how I would have acted if it was my toddler that had the same accident. Would he have gottten time out? Would I have corrected him? I was reminded as I crouched down cleaning that we all make mistakes… we all have accidents. God knows us and he knows our intentions. . . He loves us and wants to help us in our walk , even when we mistep, or stumble. Even when we make a mess. He is there to help us clean it up so it doesn’t happen again.
I almost cried at the sight of the pasta and sauce covering my kitchen until I literally felt like it was a moment to learn from…
1) Ok, so there is a mess.
2) So what are you going to do about it? If you leave it .. it is going to be so hard to scrub clean!
3) Get down there and get to work to clean it up!
4) Put down the distractions that don’t allow you to focus on the task at hand
5) After its cleaned up, move on and don’t dwell on the mess that once was…
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Seriously…that is amazing. That is such a great reminder of how God is with us when we tend to mess up (which we do more often than not)! Wouldn’t you say?! Thank you for sharing that moment…it makes me think about how I should react the next time something happens that may or may not be my fault! “Be careful little mouth what you say…”
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This is awesome, Annette. What a great reminder as a parent and in my walk with God. Thank You for sharing!