Last weekend Ronn and I were excited to have Addy, our granddaughter, stay with us. She is the Princess in her home with three older brothers. They watch out for her and treat her differently than they treat each other. They are a little more tolerant and gentle with her. So the Princess came to stay for two nights and three days. We did many things together. If I was in the kitchen, she moved the chair right next to me and stood on it offering her help with whatever I was doing. She loves to crack eggs so we made sugar cookies. I let her crack the eggs and stir the batter. The only problem was that I could not turn my head away from her because when I did the spoon went into her mouth. She had sugar all over her face along with the raw egg. It's not a wonder kids get sick! Anyway she loved making the cookies.
We wanted to have a movie with her in the evenings. I was sure she would choose a "veggie tale" but she chose "Star Wars", the first one. This three year old princess sat and watched the movie loving every minute of it. After that, the entire weekend was spent wanting to watch it again. The cutest thing was when she told Ronn that he was Darth Vader and she was Princess Leia. She made the light saber sound and fought with him. Of course, she always won.
We played a card game, Skip-bo, with her for all of 10 minutes. She played 'hide and seek' with Papa a few times. She loves to play that with him. She hid one time on the couch by putting her hands on her eyes. It was precious. What a little Princess!
But then something happened a few times, my little Princess disappeared! These times involved the insubordination of her subjects (Papa and Grandma) when they refused her what she demanded. She folded her arms, stuck out her lip and ran to the bedroom to talk to herself. Is that the behavior of a Princess?? It never lasted very long. She would return to seek to reign her subjects going in a different direction. The great thing about it for her is that her subjects(Papa and Grandma) loved her just the same whether she had sugar all over her face, was fighting Darth Vader or running to the bedroom. Because that's the way we roll!
Aren't you glad that God rolls in just the same way! As His child I know that He loves me and nothing I can do will change that love or get in the way of that love or separate me from that love. I am so humbled by that fact! I hope that the next time I am sticking my lip out because I didn't get my way, I will remember it!
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