Bedtime is a zoo.
You know that wind down period, when you're listening to your kiddies settle themselves in for the night? I've got a front row seat for mine. My daughter sleeps with me and the boys sleep in bunkbeds at the end of the big bed. Left to their own wiles they'd be up all night, so I always go to bed with them. And by go to bed I mean use my laptop as their nightlight and stay up way too late. Ahem.
Where was I? Zoo. Right. Inevitably someone gets the giggles... it's just like laughing in church, which we all know is contagious. Wrong. Contagious. Once they get going, it's hard to stop. (As a matter of fact my sister and I, to this day, cannot sit next to each other in church because we laugh ourselves silly; it's embarrassing!)
As soon as I get it together I put my Mom face on and give them "the look." My boys are just like the movie What About Bob, "I'll be quiet. ...I'll be peace." This just sets us off again! Last night everyone was riled up and I said (loudly) sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat!
It reminded me of Sunday's message on Luke 8: 22-25. One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we're going to drown!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. "Where is your faith?" he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, "Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him."
Did Jesus not say they were going to the other side of the lake? When He's mapping out your route, trust Him. Most importantly, Pastor Londa pointed out that even these professional fishermen, who had Jesus in their boat, thought this storm was going to claim them. The Bible says rain will fall on the just and unjust alike. We will all have storms, but when Jesus is in your boat, you'll never sink.
Now, if I could just get my crew calmed down enough to impart such wisdom.
On a Boat to Heaven,
Carolynn
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3 comments:
what a beautiful post. i ♥ how you write. and what a cool mom to enjoy the moment and not turn into the "monster under the bed" like i tend to when my boys won't go to sleep! ☺ ahh *sigh*, what a fantastic reminder today to remember He is in my boat too!
Love the reference to Jesus, the storm and the boat! It tells me SO much about trusting him. HA professional fishermen! Girl I HATE water, but boy oh boy would I love to be Peter.
"Lord, if it's you tell me to come..."
"COME."
(Those silly kids! Mine do the same thing when they ask to have a "sleepover" it should be called a laughover because there is NO sleep.)
Oh, I feel ya. While my husband was deployed my kids and I stayed with my parents. I shared a bed with my daughter and the boys were in bunk beds in the same room. Many a night I sat on the bed with the laptop while they tried to settle down. Many a night!
Thanks for the reminder from Luke!
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