My usual routine when we get home in the afternoon from work and school is to immediately start the laundry and begin dinner. The kids usually watch TV or play Scooby on the play station. It is kinda like their winding down time. However on this particular day halfway through preparing dinner I heard a mothers worst fear. "SILENCE". You know when you don't hear them... they are up to something.
I started going from room to room and calling their name.... no answer. I made it around to the master bathroom and discovered a locked door. At this time I was thinking.... This CANNOT be good. I knocked on the door and told them to unlock it and come out... NOW!....
I heard shuffling, drawers closing, and cabinets shutting, then I heard the doorknob rattle. I took a deep breath trying to prepare myself for who knows what. They came out of the bathroom with all their fingers, toes and hair ... at this point I began to breathe again.
I decided to ask Tyler first "Tyler, "What have ya'll been doing"... his immediate response was... "It wasn't me!" My heart started to beat a little faster again.... "It wasn't me!" is never and I mean never good.
I turned to Myranda, "Myranda, are you going to tell me what happened?"... her response was, "Are you going to spank me?" Now I was really starting to get nervous. She would tell me if I promised not to spank her.... and besides "Tyler dunnit", "Not me!" and of course Tyler responded "uhn-uhn"..
This went on for about 5 minutes. I wanted to give them the opportunity to tell me before finding out myself. About this time our cat walked out of the bathroom. I looked back at Myranda and Tyler, then I had to do a double take and look at the cat again. She looked like she had been in a cat fight.... fur was missing... clumps and clumps of fur were missing.... whiskers were missing.
I turned to look at Myranda and Tyler for them to explain why the cat looked like she had the mange......
Myranda said...."Mom, if you hadn't of left the scissors in the bathroom we would have never done it"....(The cat was not harmed during this event, just missing some fur)
There are many things we are tempted with everyday, but just because the temptation is there doesn't mean we are suppose to act upon it. Just because the scissors were there did not mean we could give the cat a hair cut. Just because the R rated movie is on TV, doesn't mean we have to watch it and just because there is a nasty song on the radio, doesn't mean we have to listen. Temptation is all around us, but God always gives us a way out. It is up to us whether we take Him up on His offer..
