Walk

There has been so much that I have wanted to share and I wish I could document all the details, but I can't.

God has been teaching me a lot lately. He has been teaching me about obedience and about how easy it is to rationalize disobedience when it seems logical. He has been teaching me about love and reminding me that I am to love in truth and action...no exceptions.

He has given me such a sense of peace in knowing that He has good plans for my boys. This peace is definitely needed...especially on days when we have explosive tantrums and yell out things like, "I can't be in this family anymore!" You might read that and have your own strong feelings or opinions, but don't worry- the emotional chaos is temporary and within our days, God blesses us with great joy.

Tonight, David joined me on a walk. This has been a goal of mine...to train my boys to have the stamina to take walks with me! Over the past few weekends, we have started off fairly slow and always with the promise of a treat at the end. I've so enjoyed it!  Yes, the walk and the treat:).

So tonight during dinner, I looked at Lee and asked him if he would let me escape for a walk. He said 'yes,' and David begged to join me. I must have asked him a million times if he was sure because it was going to be a LONG walk. He is typically the one to complain after a few minutes that he is tiiiiired. He promised to hang in there and off we went. 

All I can say is that I wish I could have video taped our time together. It was so so so precious. We walked and talked about what we think heaven might be like. We both think there will be a lot of flowers there:). He pointed out some birds and commented that they were adopted and I asked him if he knew that we were all adopted by God because of what Jesus did for us. He said, "Of course" and proceeded to tell me that one of his favorite parts of the Bible is when Jesus held the little children on his lap and loved them, but that the saddest part of the Bible was when Jesus died on the cross...for us. We talked about how we could never do anything to stop God from loving us and he quickly connected it to how Lee and I will love him no matter what too.

We walked for a LONG time! David kept asking if I was tired and then ran off:). It was a good workout and such a sweet time with my son.