It has been one of those cranky days...hmmm... well actually the day wasn't cranky. I was. Groan. Somehow I just couldn't work out why Joshua wasn't understanding the way I explained division to him... or rather got annoyed that he just didn't listen while I explained... (wish I had remembered my own struggle with this...) Owen and Rosa were at eachother's throats. Owen would nudge her or sometimes just look at her and she would squalk...then I got involved in a small painting project (bad idea) and fel t cranky that one would need to go to the toilet or be playing in the sand pit emptying sand on the other. Oh... just wish I could have been a calm, collected, sweet Mum with nothing but gentle/calm words to help them back on track, with uplifting words of encouragement...but .... well, I was cranky. No excuses. Just shame.
Later in the day my Bible study on Matthew came to mind. The study from Matthew 14 that showed Jesus' compassion on the people. The same people that had been following him to watch one of those awesome miracles - just to be able to boast about it to their friends so they could come and gawk too. Those people that just wanted to be fed, to have their sicknesses healed. Those people who missed the whole point of his message and wanted to make him king by force. Jesus had been absolutely flat out. His cousin had just been murdered brutally. His disciples had just come back from mission trips to various places. They needed Him. He had withdrawn to a mountain to be alone. The people followed. A whole crowd of them (there were 5000+ later in the day so likely quite a large crowd). I have just been gob- smacked at how Jesus could feel any compassion on these people. He actually felt compassion towards them!
So glad to have a God like that!
(no photos in this post - a cranky Mum doesn't make a pretty picture:)
with my beloved
