Buttermilk Boo Boo!

Today I sit and write with a heart longing for grace and mercy.  We made the decision to have new carpet placed in the 3 bedrooms, a long awaited must, but now all of our furniture, clothes, and well just about everything we own is sitting in the middle of my living room floor.  I have waited patiently on the day to arrive that we would have new carpet, but now just looking at the mess in my house has almost put me into a place of disarray.   We cant find anything, and to add to everything I decided there is no better time than to paint all the trim and doors while the carpet is ripped out.  Well it might sound like a great thing to do, but the grace and mercy my children deserve from me is not happening right now.  I am finding myself being short tempered.  When Boo Boo accidentally put buttermilk in his cereal and was pretending to throw up and yelling, "Our milk is rotten," I found myself instead of taking a minute to actually laugh I became angry that he had not read the milk carton, (he is in kindergarten).  So now as I prepare to paint I am in prayer asking the Lord to be strong where I am weak.  To allow me to be gracious and merciful to my children as Christ is with me.  No one deserves grace and mercy, it is a gift given from the Lord who took all the sins of the world upon himself because he loves us! Wow folks I am weeping right now.  I will be asking my children to forgive me for my lack of grace and mercy, and as for Boo Boo, he survived his buttermilk experience, but I bet he will learn to look at the milk carton before he just dumps it in. 

The definition of grace is to get something you do not deserve; unmerited favor.
The definition of mercy is not getting a punishment you deserve, compassion.

Hebrews 4:16 says, "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

2nd Corinthians 12:8-9 reads, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."