You're naughty!

On the car ride to the girls' sitter today, we were able to have a little Bible lesson. One of the AWANA verses that Little Miss was supposed to have memorized for last week was "All have sinned." We talked about sin, but I wondered if she was really connecting it. So, on the drive, she was being a grump; she all of a sudden said, "You're naughty, Mommy." It caught me off guard for a minute, and I was about to reprimand her (as is typical when she's trying to say things to be hurtful or draw extra attention). I waited, though, and it hit me...yes, sometimes I am naughty. So, I replied, "You're right, Little Miss. Sometimes Mommy is naughty." She didn't quite know how to respond except for with another, "You're naughty, Mommy." So, I reiterated my statement. Then I said, "Do you remember your A verse? 'All have sinned' is what it says. Well, sin is just another way to say that we're naughty. All of us do naughty things. All of us are naughty. So, yes, Mommy is naughty. Little Miss is naughty, too. We all are."

It's amazing how something that normally would have sent me into a lecture on how we don't say things like that because it's not kind turned into a God moment. God completely opened the eyes of my heart at that moment, saying, "She speaks the truth." And, He gave me the words to help me begin to convey it to Little Miss.