Tuesday, August 31, 2010

I just want to bless you!!!

Last week we took the youngest children to Bay Beach in Green Bay............nice inexpensive amusement park. I even checked the weather,,scattered shower in the a.m., then hot , humid and storms in the evening. PERFECT!!! I had a picnic lunch packed and off we went. Have any of you traveled for more than 2 hours with hot, anxious children???????? Are we there yet? How much longer? Can we stop at the next exit? On and on and on and onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!
I explained to the kids (nicely at first) that we wanted to enjoy the day with them and have some fun and Bless them!!!
WELLLLL!! after what seemed like forever we arrived. It was really hot and CROWDED. There were 3 bus loads of children's camps with the same idea we had! well, we were on perhaps 3 rides and it was getting overcast. Against my better judgement, I agreed to go on the ferris wheel with Nathan(our youngest). I really, I mean REALLY do not like heights but I thought "how bad could it be"???? Dumb question, huh???
When the ferris wheel was stopped at the very top with you guessed it stuck there swaying in the wind because a storm kicked up.......with lightning and pouring rain I ALMOST laughed at the irony of it all.but I was almost crying from fear. they stopped the ferris wheel and had everybody get off, but they said they had to balance the load so we kept getting bypassed and were always stuck on the very top! It was NOT a fun ride!!!! YESSSSSSSSSS! we were the very last to get off. possibly because Nathan screamed "let us OFF, you jerks"!
Free at last we were free at LAST!!! We ran to the car and even tho' it was 90 we were soaked and freezing! we decided to drive around till the rain stopped and grab a bite to eat..... until we were stuck in town because of the FLASH FLOODING in the streets! we finally got on our way home and could barely see the road to drive......and all the way home the fighting started AGAIN! I held out my hands to the kids and said "we just want to bless you". I heard myself say it and as i did , I thought... that's exactly how God feels. I whine and grumble about everything and all the while God wants to bless me. Yikes!
I felt convicted for not receiving God's blessings cuz i was too busy complaining!
I'm sorry , Lord and am ready to be blessed to be a blessing! Thank-You!!!! (for being soooooooooo patient with me)

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