"God please place your arm over my shoulder and your hand over my mouth."

My children have been trying lately. I'll be blunt about it. I have been trying to grant grace like God shows me, you, and everyone. I have tried to think my words thru before I speak them. I have read many times that it is easier to build up a child than repair an adult. How true these words are! 

God has blessed me with the precious children and it is only for a short time. But it is a huge task! I am held accountable for the adults they become! No, I don't feel any pressure! But they don't come with instruction manuals!!!!! *GASP* 

So what do I do when they want to constantly push buttons? Mine. Each others. Take your pick! Augh! 

But then I have to remind myself that when things happen, it is typically for a reason. God is trying to show me something. Like maybe I should not have looked at the children throwing a fit at a store and mentally cheered that it wasn't mine. Admit it, you have done the same. Or maybe I keep telling God that I am going to do something and I keep procrastinating and getting sidetracked. Kind of like homework time with my 2nd grader. Or even more so, I need reminding that they are CHILDREN! They are siblings! IT IS WHAT THEY DO!!! Or it is all of the above.