Just Beachy!

Took the boys to the beach today ... it was a rough day, lots of disappointments throughout, so I'm glad we had some fun too. I was supposed to go with a friend, but she cancelled last minute. Totally fine, but still a disappointment, especially since I'd just gotten off the phone with Dustin who told me our shop had been broken into over night and both our dirt bikes were gone.
I didnt tell the boys about the dirt bikes until later, when Dustin called and said that the police may come by. It would have worried them, and I didn't need freaking out kids to deal with when police are here.
Needless to say, the boys, along with us, are not impressed.

It is giving me an opportunity to teach (and learn) a lesson though; it's SO easy to nod and 'amen' to someone saying "love your enemies; pray for those who hurt you." When it actually happens, the knee jerk reaction is to want them thrown in jail for a ridiculous number of years, fed nothing but stale bread and water and .... treated the way Jesus was when he died for all of us lousy sinners.
Whoa, wait a minute, that's different... he was God!
Uh-huh, my point exactly. My faith grows every time I think about it, and it's been on my mind a lot today. I'm so ticked off at whoever stole those bikes I think it would be hard enough to give a kind word, let alone die for them!!
GOD loved us enough to endure everything he did for thieves and sinners - and dirt bikes takers.
For me and you, really.

Mind boggling, isn't it?!

My prayer is that God will make something good from this - his word says he can, and I believe his word. If that's all that happens, then at least he strengthened my faith and awe of his amazing love through this. At least I can understand, even the tiniest amount, of what he went through for people who did and would treat him so horribly. And that's actually a lot to take from this.

But I am still mad - I wonder if Jesus was too?


Okay, enough preaching - here are beach pictures .... FUN pictures!