My Mercy

Okay, I just have to tell you about my 4 year old today. I know that when you share a story, it is usually not as funny to those who read it as it was to you when you saw or heard it, but I am going to try.

Today around 11am our kids were playing with a few cats in the middle bedroom. They had the door shut and were having a great time, so I did not really check on them much. Tonight at 7pm, I was folding and putting away laundry and decided to put some of the extra sheets and towels in a closet in that middle room (which was God ordained as I pretty much never open the closet in that room). As I opened the closet door, a little cat came out of the closet. I immediately called the kids into the room and confronted them about the cat being locked in the closet and Mercy said she had done it. I sat by her and explained that she could have hurt the cat by leaving it in there without food, water and enough oxygen. She then began to cry and said she had put it in there because she wanted to play with it later and then she forgot where she put it! I felt so bad for her as she cried but it was actually pretty funny to me. Her brother and sister are much better at catching the cats than her so she had thought she found a pretty good way to get the cat when she wanted to play.

Then as we were tucking the kids in bed, Bryan was praying and asking God to help us find an affordable place to stay in Port Elizabeth (we are thinking of taking a long weekend trip there to see the elephants at Addo National Park) and when he said amen, Mercy said, "Why is she poor?" I laughed so hard and told her that daddy said Port Elizabeth not poor Elizabeth. My youngest child really makes me laugh and everyday is such an adventure with her as I never know what to expect!
Children are a blessing from the Lord.
Anita