The Kid Version B-I-B-L-E

How is it that I can go a week and a half without writing and then in 1 day I can write twice?! Well, it's because of these kiddos. That's right. I'm blaming it on the kids. The toddler and the babe to be exact. I am actually enjoying the spontaneity of our days. The babe is teaching me to be careless. Not the kind of careless where you don't care about the important stuff. The kind of careless where you let the dishes sit, the vacuum collect dust, and you have a staring contest with the most handsome little tiny man in the world (my son of course).

Today is the day before Eva's 2nd birthday party and both kids have been sleeping for almost 3 hours! Did you gasp? Because I can hardly believe it myself. All the party prep is done (thanks to my mama and sista) and I am sitting with the ol' Mac and a glass of mint tea. Iced mint tea, of course, it's a freaking furnace out there.

One of the reasons I am so smitten about writing is because I have SO many things going on in my head, so many revelations and questions, yet not enough hours in the day to process or write them down and come back. SO, I wanted to tell you about this little whisper I heard while putting Eva down for a nap last week.

I carried her upstairs to the loft (3 flights of stairs, her bedroom) and tossed her on the big-girl. She loves to sit on the big-girl bed and read books. Today's book of choice: the Bible. As I thumbed through the pages, I quietly asked God for a revelation. "Jesus, come alive in these words. I know that it's a kid's book, but these words are still living and breathing and I know you can speak through anything (even a stupid donkey!)." We passed the creation, Noah, Abraham...and then the 10 commandments. Honestly, I skip this story all the time because I think about how much Eva is actually going to understand from the lofty language. But, unlike the other days, I really felt like I should read this.

The 4th commandment. Keep the sabbath day holy. Except, in Eva's Bible it says to set this day aside and make it special. Now, I know that this little revelation might just be for me, but setting one day aside and making it "special" is SO doable. In fact, making a day "special" actually seems like a lot of fun. Is God really asking me to set aside a day, make it purposeful, make it one-of-a-kind, and dedicate it to God?! Man, I think that I have found a new favorite day of the week.

Now I know that I just had a baby (4 weeks old already!) and maybe I'm not making much sense, but the commandment never came alive in me until I spent those moments with Eva. Thank you Jesus, for meeting us right where we are. Some are in offices, some are in classrooms, and some of us are in bedrooms getting whispered to by our kids. Thank you.