Wide Range of Emotions

I am in the process of getting rid of clutter. After living in our house for six years now, we have accumulated a lot of JUNK!! I went up to my daughter, Caroline's room to begin the day's work. I was getting so upset with her as I was finding sucker sticks crammed under her bed, along with all kinds of mess. I began to carry on a conversation with her in my mind that wasn't very pleasant. Then I find a stack of pastel colored note cards. These note cards had her writing on them so I began reading. They were prayers to God that she had written on her own accord. I had no idea that she was doing this.

Caroline just turned eleven years old, and is a wonderful girl - she just needs to clean her room! As I was reading these notes to God, I began thanking Him for His faithfulness. I got to get a glimpse into my little girls heart this morning, and I liked what I saw. I thought of a Scripture "man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart". If I had to choose between a neat freak who was cold towards God, or a little girl who was messy but had a tender heart; I would choose the messy girl any day.

Not to say that I will excuse her from cleaning her room; I was just reminded to stay focused on her heart. I would love to share some of her prayers, but I will need to get her permission first. It is great to see that God is moving on our children's hearts when we aren't looking!