out of the mouthes of babes

So I'm feeling a bit like a dishrag today...all wrung out and used up. Sounds depressing, huh? I was feeling discouraged and downright mad. I said to Kenton this morning, "What did I ever do to God to have to deal with this?" Of course, that question is quite stupid and I KNOW the answer, but just wanted to grumble a bit. So...I grabbed my coffee and headed to the car for the morning commute to work and school.
Now...Skylar was given a little devotional book last year when she graduated from kindergarten and she's taken to reading to devotions to us on the way into town.
"Ready for da'votions?" she asks.
"Um..sure, Honey. Go ahead" I turn off the radio and mentally focus on the words I know she'll not know. And what hits me??? "I need to love other's because God loved me. I was selfish and mean, but God loved me anyway, so I need to love other people the same way that God loved me."
"Okay, Lord. I get your point." I say.
The rest of the commute was rather quiet as I'm SURE the Lord was giving me opportunity to let his Spirit speak to me. So while I still feel little like the dishrag...at least I know that I've been washed clean by God's grace. I know that I have a purpose, but that sometimes it requires "getting dirty" for the Lord. And mostly...I'm thankful for the little girl who sits in the back seat and reads me "da'votions" in the morning. I'm thankful that she looks up each verse in her Bible when she's done and reads it outloud. I'm thankful that God's word is timeless and necessary and that even the mouthes of babes are used to speak God's word to me!