While She Is Sleeping....

I have been watching her lately. The little lady in my world. Things have slowly been changing. She is maturing.

On Easter we went to church as usual, only this week it was Easter Sunday. There was to be an Easter Egg hunt, and the preparations happened before we arrived. This meant that Eliza would have to carry her basket around, with hundreds of eggs all around her, and not pick any up for an hour. Talk about taunting of a four year old.

Well she made it through the hour, stopping every once in a while to fix a broken egg that was on the floor. (she did not sneak any candy either...a saint?!?!) Then it was time. A pastor told the kids they could begin, but only pick up 12 eggs. Well, Eliza counted very carefully, as she put only the large eggs in her basket. :)

The children were then given free rein to get more eggs and they were off, finding the some 600 eggs that had been placed out for them. At the end, they had to empty the candy out of the plastic eggs, keeping it in their baskets. It was at this time that some visiting children arrived. Some other members of the church re hide some eggs, and then Eliza went up and said "I will share my candy" and started handing them handfuls. ***** I cried! ******

Later that day, I was telling my mother, and she said, "HUH, I have been praying for her all week. This week it is kindness."

Apparently she purchased a book called "While They Were Sleeping" by Anne Arkins and Gary Harrell that she is using as an outline to pray for her grandchildren. Easter was a wonderful time to be reminded that God answers prayers, and more importantly that I need to be more obedient and disciplined about praying for my daughter.

Well I have dug out the copy of the book my mother got me a while ago, and think it is time I engage in it as well.

And on a side note, Eliza was told she could eat all the candy that she wanted while at Great Grandma's and then we would leave it there and she was done. She hardly ate any... that is discernment. Praise the Lord!