Blotting out Transgressions

I love to paint, I enjoy doing it when I can...I painted this mural in Ellie's room in the spring, I was encouraged by all the beautiful blooms outside, and wanted to bring in more flowers in her room. She has a little table for two, for tea parties, and thought it would be cool for her to be out in her garden for tea. My love of painting seems to have caught on in the family. The boys are constantly asking me if they can use my paints. I do not let them use my acrylic paints. I have the boys use yogurt or pudding most of the time, when we have a painting project. So yesterday, I was super busy in the morning I cleaned the house, and made a pot of soup for a sick family, did some laundry, and was sooo tired. I don't usually nap anymore with the kids, since Ellie is a year now. However, I sat in my chair all curled up with a book and a blanket....and fell into a deep sleep. Elijah downstairs sleeping, Ellie up in her crib and Noah in his, or so I thought.................
THE HORROR, THE FREAKING HORROR

Noah somehow opened up the upstairs closet where I keep my paints stored got them down, which is crazy because they weigh more than him, took them to Ellie's room painted over my mural, I guess he thought he would add his own interpretation and proceeded to open up every bottle and let it pour out all over the new carpeting upstairs......So upon seeing this, I wasn't quite sure how to react, I was angry, upset, sad, flabbergasted, unsure how to behave. I just kind of fell to the stain and started to cry, my tears added to the large pile of paints, and I felt hopeless. I think I just came across, terribly heart broken and disappointed. I saved the discipline for Pat to handle.

So when Pat got home, he took care of some issues, and we called Aunt Christy, we thought that maybe she had a nice wet vac. Pat called in a panic, and she called us back so fast....it was record time! Praise God. He went over and picked up the vac. And we worked up in that room for hours, and hours. We scrubbed and scrubbed, and my hands are still in terrible pain for scrubbing each individual stain with a toothbrush. Thank God for Christy, letting us borrow her vac! She is Awesome or I mean Fabulous.

Wow the stain is actually coming up.....I thought it would never ever in a million years come up!

I love the Hoover people, and I will endorse this vac the rest of my life. It is amazing! You really should go out and get one. I asked Pat if he will get me one for Christmas.

Christy said it was under a $100.00!!!

We worked until the wee hours of the morning trying to lift out the stain, I had one heck of a bad day. This day was also coupled with Patrick's visit to the I.R.S, gulp....Please pray for that big mess.

The teachable moment from this is when, Elijah said, "God is sooo mad, at Noah" I said, NO honey God is not mad, at Noah, God forgives Noah, and will remove this from his heart just like the vacuum is removing the stain. We prayed asking God to forgive us for our transgressions. Those of commission and those of omission.

And this is what he does for us.

Amazing isn't it!