orange toothpaste

5 kids brushing their teeth at the same time, in the same bathroom, jockeying for position in the sink. It's a Sunday night at the Bartman house and we are shutting it down. They are all at different stages of brushing: some have the technique and the spitting, some go for a swipe and a drool, some just open their mouths and scream. By the time you get done, you definitely have a mess, large clumps of toothpaste, and one left by the sink dumping water back and forth in two 2 inch cups. A short story, a prayer, and the magic hour is over.

This is our life and day by day we are learning when we need to encourage, when we need to be silent, and when we need to correct. So we are overwhelmed, but it is quiet, and we'll do it again tomorrow.

So I've been asking the question a lot lately, and so I give it to you this morning: how are you starting and how are you finishing? Are you running the race to win the prize, or are you counting the seconds until the next ...game, meal, test, paycheck.

Okay, so I don't like the big messes, or the noise, or the whining, but when I stop and consider that God has given us this moment then my response is worship. Yes, worship. Thank you God for giving us this opportunity to see large clumps of orange toothpaste in the sink.

Oh yes ......and a life verse from me James 4:17 .....check it out

the levite