Jesus Loves Me!

Colby came down with a mean ear infection/cold this past weekend. Poor kid was up most of Friday night. Nothing would keep him sleeping...not rocking, not walking. Finally, after about three hours on my feet and countless into bed sleeping/waking up, he quieted down and passed out while we were rocking. Fast forward to Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights--sleeping a little better but will wake up in the night. Usually he just needs a quick drink of water and will lay his head down on my shoulder ready for sleep again. It might take a few minutes, but it's not usually too much of a battle. Anywho, in order for him to get into that mode of cuddle/sleep time, I sang to him. Now, I know this isn't an incredibly creative method--Lord knows I sang to my siblings when trying to get them to calm down, but Colb just hasn't really ever responded to it at bedtime. (If we are riding in the car and he is screaming, sometimes I can sing at the top of my lungs and he'll settle down and maybe fall asleep--but I really think that's more out of being distracted than soothe!) So, guess what I sang? "Jesus Loves Me." Yup! As soon as I started with "Jesus Loves Me...", the kid popped his thumb in his mouth and cuddled right up. Of course, I couldn't sing anything else--he'd perk right up and want to know where Dad was, or look around for his toys...as long as I was singing "Jesus Loves Me", we were good. And it worked when I was changing his diaper yesterday, too! He was complaining, howling, etc. and I started that first line--in went the thumb. YAY! I was super excited that those words were comforting my little one. GOOD STUFF.

Well, last night it was a bit more of a battle. It's not so much that he's sick anymore, but I think more of a habit of getting up. So, I sang. And sang. And sang. Not that I mind singing to my baby (or in general), but the same song OVER AND OVER AND OVER! To keep my mind occupied, I would mentally type out the words as if I were writing out the words while I sang. (I know, I'm a nerd.) About the 213th time of singing it through, I noticed something--"Yes, Jesus Loves Me" typed with a "." after it is good. Fantastic! Jesus loves me, right? But look..."Yes, Jesus Loves Me!" The exclamation point makes it so much more exciting!

I guess maybe my 4 am epiphany isn't super deep by any means and more than likely won't rock anyone's world, but it was an encouragement to me early this morning, especially once Colby finally crashed in my arms (and is still sleeping at 10 AM! But now he'll wake up--because everytime I post that, he wakes up! haha). I want, no, I NEED to be putting an exclamation point on the things Christ has done for me! Jesus Loves Me. Jesus Loves Me! JESUS LOVES ME!!

Scum

I've scrubbed and scrubbed, run vinegar through, plain water, everything...and when I made a new pot of coffee yesterday, there was still what looked like an oil slick on the top of my coffee. I'm positive I know what the problem is (and I'll admit, I knew it before I cleaned the pot...I just thought I'd better clean it, too!)...impure water. I know, I know. We had this problem at work, too--my coworker and I (before we moved to Wayne) were the only two people at the bank who consistently drank coffee. He always made at least the first pot and depending on who took the last bit made the next (as it should be, of course!). Anywho, we normally got bottled water to use but on those days in between Bob's Red Fox runs (or better said, "On those days when we were too lazy to run next door to the store"), we would use the water from the tap. When you heat it up, though, it gets a weird film to it that leaves a yucky line all over your coffee cup...

It's like that with my heart, too. On the days when I'm too lazy to go to the Maker of my heart, instead I fill up with the things that come more easily in this world...only to see the marks of the devil left behind in my attitude, prayer life, etc. Not good. I know my life is way better when I get the pure stuff--why don't I go there first?! *Sigh* Why can't I get it right?