Not long ago, as we were preparing to take a trip to Wisconsin for a family wedding, one of the items on my “to do” list was to wash the family truckster. For reasons that remain unclear to me, I prefer to embark on road trips with a clean, vacuumed, crushed-Goldfish-free minivan. Now if that last sentence doesn’t just confirm my membership in the “Mom with Young Children” Club, I don’t know what would. I was once cool and hip. I really was.
Susannah had assisted a friend’s mother wash her car the previous day and was very excited to offer her help to “Just wash it at home, Mommy. Solomon is scared of the car wash anyway. We can all do it together.”
She had a point. This is what Solomon looked like the last time we went through the car wash… It was very traumatic.
Suffice it to say, even though it was 95 degrees with an even higher heat index, I thought it would be very “Montessori-ish” to have the kids help me with washing the car.
I probably should have listened to my inner parenting voice and risked additional trauma for Solomon – the joy of helping mommy wash the van lasted for about five minutes.
You can probably guess who finished the job.
But as I scrubbed the cemented gnats and flies off of the fender, it made me think of Jesus, who washes us clean and scrubs hard at the caked-on bugs we wear on our fenders.
He washes us clean and I am so very thankful.
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Love it! I took the kids back to school shopping on Monday and ever time we left the store they said “feels like were in the desert!”
I have some bugs I need to get washed from my inner self too, thanks for the reminder Natalie! Have a great one :)
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Great word.
And you had some awesome workers with you.
Blessings to you this WFW♥
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Ha. That is too cute and yes — that is one traumatized child going through the car wash. Poor thing.
I’m thankful that by the blood — though our sins be as scarlet we are white as snow.
Happy WFW!
Beth
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Poor little boy…..what a face……lol.
How bad the world can be for two minutes, how good for two minutes and how short is two minutes……..
Good reminder.
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Such a sweet post.
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Hey I know that look – bet we all have had it ourselves once or twice if we admit it… It only makes us more thankful to feel the peace of God.
Liked your picture – worked great with that scripture “white as snow”.
Blessings,
Linda J
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LOL! We are preparing for a 15 hour wedding trip next week and I JUST did the same thing…my kiddos are at the ages now where they’d rather chip in and have me take it to get it cleaned rather than be out in the 100 degree heat…:)
I LOVE a clean inside…actually there is a message in that for me…I’d rather have a clean INSIDE of the van than the outside…perplexes my husband…but there is a metaphor for life in there! :)
Adorable picture and the verse speaks such truth!
peace Natalie!
lori
Glad to hear my children aren’t the only ones with short attention spans when it comes to helping. :)
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What a picture!!! I love it! Poor little guy. Cade is traumatized by the car wash too, so we opt for the non-washed style (that is until my wonderful hubby can put up with it no longer and just does it himself)!
Love that verse and how you put it all together. So thankful He washes us clean, even our little bugs too.
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Thanks,
Ginger
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Love it!
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SO thankful for HIS wash.
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Oh that’s too cute. Thank goodness God doesn’t change his mind about cleaning us up.
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How funny! Jay insists on washing the RV and car every single time we are about to head out on the road! I don’t really get this! Just a few miles down the road and we are splattered with bugs again. It seems like pointless torture to me! LOL! But, he says it was his grandpa’s and dad’s tradition … so it is now his tradition … and therefore “our” tradition. Love u and miss u Natalie!
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I love the pictures! Also the Fun Friday List — I cannot take credit. I copied from Andrea, who copied from someone else. I can’t WAIT to read yours!
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