January 29 & 30, 2020:
Yesterday, I learned that Jude is a snitch and has no loyalty to his mama. Yesterday, I also got pulled over by a state trooper on 17 heading back home from Bealeton. Luckily, I had already confessed my sin to Tom before Jude had an opportunity to blast me but he kept saying "I just have never seen anyone get a ticket before." 🙄 Thankfully, y'all already know the amount of grace Tom constantly pours out on me - he was so chill about it!
Jude and I raced from the car to the side door when we got home. I may or may not have pushed him out of the way as he tried to sneak past me after I unlocked the door - but homeboy straight up told Tom that I pushed him down when I thought we were racing but we really weren't....sore loser 😂.
We were successful in cleaning his disaster of a room though! It goes by so much faster when you give them a specific task to do instead of just saying "go clean your room" because they don't know where to start. So we started by "picking up all your shoes & putting them in your wooden closet" then I would check. Then "put all your books on the shelf", "put your stuffed animals on the bed", etc. until it was all cleaned! He earned a marshmallow for each task completed and it was a much calmer experience than usual. I learned this awhile ago when Zach was a toddler but with the third, I just don't have the patience or time to go through it step by step. Clearly, I need to slow down & make the time. He even commented on how we should do it that way from now on (without me even explaining that we were doing something different...he realized on his own).
Today, Thursday, the family as a whole was feeling overwhelmingly over scheduled. So we ditched all of our normal Thursday routine and all went to the WARF! We had been contemplating a way to be intentionally active with our busy schedules & brainstorming what we all enjoy doing and that is definitely swimming. Each one of us loves being in the water and the aquatic center isn't that far so we made the decision to just do it. They have all the typical fitness classes but also aqua zumba and some other aquatic fitness classes! IDK why it's taken us this long - we've already used it 3 times and we just signed up this past Saturday and we plan to go tomorrow, Saturday & Sunday!
Even though I got pulled over, the past two days have been incredible!
Lord, help me to remember that there is a spiritual battle going on all the time where the enemy just wants us to be isolated, frustrated & hurting. Help give me the understanding of those moments so that I can claim authority over those situations instead of falling prey to them.
Ephesians 6:12
For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the
unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly
places.
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