The Baily Buzz: Gnats, Flies and Daniel Boone?

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Gnats, Flies and Daniel Boone?

Today we were reminded of the plagues of gnats and flies that the LORD sent upon Egypt. Unable to come up with an actual visual aid for the gnats, we recalled what it was like when we walk through the woods and get engulfed in a cloud of gnats. We swatted our hands back and forth in front of our faces and discussed how terrible it would be to have gnats in our space all the time. We also remembered the fruit fly explosion we had this summer and how terrible it was to have them cruising around all the time.

For the flies, we glued little black pieces of paper on the Egyptians.

The kids had a great time with this. Joel wasn't agreeable to the tape and paper so he was the only Egyptian unaffected by the flies. "Moses" seeing how fun it was to be an Egyptian today, quickly undressed and donned his Egyptian garb. He was too late. We were done plaguing for the day.

A while later, during our table work, Daniel Boone

made a surprise appearance. It was random, and amusing. Hope you enjoy the pictures. We sure enjoyed the day.

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This Day

10/14/10
O.K. Time to update. Three months ago I left my thoughts and haven't written since. It's hard to stay in certain habits.

I was thinking about self discipline today, about how hard it is to do something day in and day out. I try to get up around 5:30 or 6:00 each day, but lately I have had a hard time having the discipline to rise in the darkness and start my day early. The impact of this foible makes the day more difficult. Often my patience runs shorter and I have a sense of rush instead of peace when I don't get up early enough.

I was also thinking about the challenge of doing daily chores with the kids. They help out with what I ask of them, but I know we would greatly benefit from a better routine. I have yet to stumble upon the best time of day to do this, but I am committing this to the Lord and asking him to guide us in this.

We are taught that, as Christians, self control is something we can expect from the Holy Spirit. I have experienced his help in this and am hopeful He will continue to work this fruit in my life and the life of my family. I am praying that He will give us the control to do the things we need to do, day after day, without failing. I am asking Him to help us conquer the flesh and overcome.