Day 3: Reading A Favorite Book

First of all, my hubby, bless his heart, does not understand that taking a photo for me is not "turn camera on press shutter release done". But thank you, hubby, for sitting with M anyway for these shots.
M likes to be read to, but Daddy doesn't like to read, so for this she got to look at Daddy's favorite cars! Go Mopar. And I couldn't pick just one to share. She's too cute.

Does it have a Hemi?

I learned over the past few weeks that getting the images you have in your head of your child is not easy. Especially if your child is 10 months old and wanting you to be engaged with her all of the time (I love to engage with her—I just need her to engage with other things so I can take pictures of her!). 

 The "Einstein Hair" (as hubby called it) showed up after her nap this afternoon. Love it!
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Context: Leaving Sodom and Gomorrah—yikes! Lot tried to save the place he lived, but those who lived in the cities were so wicked, there was no saving them. Lot and his family got out but his wife was disobedient (they were told not to look back).


Thoughts: Boy, can women learn a lot from Lot's wife. Interesting that we never learn her name, yet her role is significant in understanding the consequences of disobeying God's commands. How many warnings do we ladies miss before we finally get burned? And how many times is God whispering gently to us, telling us that the decision we're about to make or some other act is wrong? We can be like children in our persistence to do the wrong thing. It's like an alarm—when it goes off and you hit "sleep", you know you need to wake up but you just want five more minutes. When it goes off again and your sleepy brain turns it off and are then late for work/school/etc., then what? You face the consequences all day.
Lot's wife knew the consequences. We as Christian women know that the consequences of our actions can be serious. What we can aim to do is be obedient, so we don't end up like Lot's salty, unnamed wife.

Prayer: God, help me to be obedient to you. As I expect my own child to be obedient, so I know you expect me to be so. Thank you for forgiving me and giving me grace. Amen.
 
Listening to: What Faith Can Do, Kutless
http://youtu.be/u1JBSQMkQEo