Disclaimer: This post is not for the faint of heart. It deals with the ugly mess of potty training.
I believe that when the doctor handed me my first born, he should have warned me about potty training. That dear, sweet, darling child peed in his diaper (most of the time) and pooped there too. Well, I expected potty training to go basically the same way. You know, pee goes in the toilet as does poop.
Not so.
Well, where does it go? Just let me tell you. Pee: goes on every possible surface in my bathroom (and somehow in the hallway outside of the bathroom door), but very rarely makes it into the toilet. I will take any advice BUT the Cheerio advice. Tried it, doesn't work.
Poop? Only those mothers who have scrubbed the poop out of cherished Mickey Mouse underwear can understand. There are no words to describe the utter disgust that that involves.
So here we are, warning or not, in the middle of this journey called potty training. We made it through another day with only one accident. And guess what? I have ANOTHER BOY to potty train when this one is finished.
P.S. Thank you mom. I am just beginning to understand all that you did for me!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Just as I am...
1 Peter 5:7 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
7 casting all your care upon Him, because He cares about you.
The invitation song during church this morning was the old faithful, Just As I Am. Oh hum...
Then I listened, actually listened to those old words.
Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me.
Just as I am.
Just as I am.
Just as you are.
So many times we feel like we cannot go to church because we have this issue or that issue in our life. We cannot go to church because we're "dirty" and need to be clean to go in the building. Some how, some where, we've got people thinking that inorder to be worthy of entering the church building that they've got to have it all figured out. How far from the truth!
While I was thinking about this, I thought about my car. I don't wash my car before taking it to the car wash. How dumb would that be? I take my car, just like it is: dusty, gravely, dirty. I take it just like it is and let the machine do it's job. That's why Jesus left us the church. He wants us so bad that we'll take us just like we are. Bring it in, bring it all in. Then, leave it there and let Jesus do his job.
Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, but that thou bidst me come to thee, oh lamb of God I come. I come.
7 casting all your care upon Him, because He cares about you.
The invitation song during church this morning was the old faithful, Just As I Am. Oh hum...
Then I listened, actually listened to those old words.
Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me.
Just as I am.
Just as I am.
Just as you are.
So many times we feel like we cannot go to church because we have this issue or that issue in our life. We cannot go to church because we're "dirty" and need to be clean to go in the building. Some how, some where, we've got people thinking that inorder to be worthy of entering the church building that they've got to have it all figured out. How far from the truth!
While I was thinking about this, I thought about my car. I don't wash my car before taking it to the car wash. How dumb would that be? I take my car, just like it is: dusty, gravely, dirty. I take it just like it is and let the machine do it's job. That's why Jesus left us the church. He wants us so bad that we'll take us just like we are. Bring it in, bring it all in. Then, leave it there and let Jesus do his job.
Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me, but that thou bidst me come to thee, oh lamb of God I come. I come.
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