I’m so grateful our God is a God of kind words.

Yesterday He redeemed some words for me.

When Caden got in the car after 4-H he was sad that I had let Caleb get a $1 toy as a treat for doing a good job in some errands we ran. 

When I explained why he got it, Caden cried, “But what if he teases me with it?  What if he says, ‘Here, you can have it,’ but then he changes his mind and takes it away?  What if that happens?”

Later we saw our neighbor across the street again.  The boys both wanted to pet her dog, Rosie.  When they took a step back when she jumped up (she’s a small dog), Pat said, “Oh, she’s just excited!  She loves you and wants to play!  You use your hands to play, but since she can’t do that, she uses her mouth.”

And later, when Caden asked if he could shoot his cap gun in her yard, I go, “No sweetie.  It might scare Rosie.”

And Pat added, “Her ears are more sensitive than yours.  Did you know that?”