Logic

As I pulled up to the pharmacy drive-thru window and opened my wallet I immediately knew I was missing my debit card. I glanced over at Kristina who was in her own world. She was texting away and didn't have a care in the world when I interrupted her thoughts with "Ummm...YOU have my debit card!"

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She peeked at me through the edge of her big Lucille Ball eyes and said "Ummm...I'm so sorry! I forgot to give it back!"

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As I drove off I immediately began to fuss. "You are nearly 17 years old...You shouldn't have to be reminded to give me my stuff back..." Blah, blah, blah... You know the drill. The drill where you want to take your teenage child, grab them by their ears, look deep into their eyes and yell T-H-I-N-K!!!!

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As I rounded through the parking lot, I slammed my blinker down to turn left when Kristina sheepishly said "Well, when we get back to the house, we can just get in my car and come back so that way you aren't wasting money driving back and forth."

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Although no cars were coming I just sat there at the edge of the parking lot starring at her. I was thinking that eventually she would catch on but, she just starred back grinning from ear to ear. Her suggestion made perfect sense in her mind and she just knew it would most definitely ease my mood. I scratched my head and explained "Kristina....(I paused for effect) I pay for the gas in your car, so even if we drive your car back here I'm still wasting my money!"

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She grinned a little harder and said "Well, Mommy, it sounded better in my head!" We both burst out laughing and her intention to lighten the mood had worked. Just not in the way she had anticipated.

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So many times in life we try to come up with a way to sugar coat our sin. "Well, you see God, I was just so angry and I completely forgot..." or "I only intended it to be one drink but before I knew it...the bottle was empty..." I could sit here and go on and on about different ways to sugar coat sin but, the truth is, at the end of the day...it is what it is. We still did whatever it was that God told us not to do. Every time I get on to my children my heart is pulled just a little bit by God saying "I get just as frustrated with YOU!"

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"'Come now, let’s settle this,' says the Lord. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.'" Isaiah 1:18 (NLT). It doesn't matter how we sugar coat our sins they are still red as scarlet and it doesn't matter how we try to fluff up the stuff...he still washes them white as snow!