This picture is not very good, but I loved how their eyes were shining so bright . . . just in the middle of playing this morning.



And then Mr. Cutie-pants came to me without his pants, but with two blankets so I wrapped him up . . .


And then decided to make him a shepherd boy (as I repeated part of the Christmas story about shepherds that the kids know)!


Oh, how I love these kids!!

Isaiah is currently lying in our bed (instead of his own for bedtime) because Jason left to go hang out with a friend and Isaiah picked up on before Jason had even left the house and he was distraught. HYPERVIGILENT . . . these kids from hard places have radar for people leaving or hurting them like you cannot imagine. Isaiah asked me (through hand motions) if daddy was on an airplane. I let Isaiah call him so Jason could explain where he was.

Yesterday was a very rough day. Many issues came to the surface . . . including my own issue of not keeping Jesus in the center of my world. How I need Him to save me from my own self – my default self-sufficiency, my wandering and my selfishness.

Today was a better day – mostly because I had a much better perspective. So thankful for God’s grace.

And I need much more of it . . . so I’m off to ask Him for more.