A River of Love

Today was a cooler day, quiet in the morning and kinda rainy.  We made the hot tun hot eve before breakfast and the kids enjoyed that for the morning.  Even Queena, Riley and I went in for a good while.  After lunch we had movie time while Riley and I had a nap (yes, it was a rough night).

Finally the beach was sunny, the wind didn't seem as cool and so we started building a river.  You know... when you set up a hose and make pathways for it to flow down.  It amazed me how each child each wanted their own river that was constantly running full with water and there was never enough.  The super dry sand kept sucking up the moisture and of course all the rocks would get in the way, sand would build up and stop the water flow and cause the kids to have to start again at the top and work their way down.  Finally we blocked one of the kids rivers and the other two flowed so well.  Once we got those 2 going good we opened the other one again and got all three going.  It makes me so thankful that God's over flowing love is enough for everyone, there is always enough to get thru whatever we need it for.  His river of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control are always flowing no matter what rocks and sand come across our path.  When our lives twist and turn around the challenges of our life his water is there to push us thru and past those hard aches. We don't know when we will reach our destination of heaven, how man twists and turns we still have left in life but we know that he is guiding us.  Tonight that river of patience felt like it was drying up and in need of some maintenance from God to keep it flowing.  A meal that goes on forever, a baby who is miserably pushing out 2 teeth and a child who was done 10 minutes after she got up in the morning and was every hangrier than ever were slowing my river but playing in the sand with my kids, watching them construct this river brought me peace and a calmness as I allowed my Heavenly father overflow my river of life with his patience and supply me with all that i needed and even more for bedtime.   

In the meantime, Riley got some good sand time today, i think he ate enough of it to fill a yogurt container but at least he was fun and didn't eat any rock..... at least ones that i saw....


 Anyways.  Its my bedtime here, even after a short nap i still need to be in bed by 10.  Night everyone!