We just had a great time at the river this weekend. It was a little early bite of the fun of summer. It was hot and sunny and the perfect sorta day. Mom and I did projects. We spray painted Grandma's old green metal table to breathe some more time into it. We raked and raked some more. The guys (Mike and Daddy) spent the whole day fixing the steering cable on the boat. The kids played and played. We knew we had to leave last night for church today but it just felt like a nice long day with some relaxing on the dock mixed in too.
At the end of the day, the kids were playing on the "beach" in the sand, making sand piles and enjoying each other. I ran in to get the camera. When I came back out, this is what I found!
Their clothes were getting wet and sandy so what better to do than take them off. It was such a sweet picture to me to think of their innocence, the smaller effects of sin on their lives. Oh, I believe they are sinful but after studying Genesis this year in Wellspring, it really made me think of the Garden before sin entered. And how beautiful that is. But since we do live on this side of the curse, I also think of these verses:
Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith. Hebrews 12:1b-2a
Wouldn't it be great if that was as easy as taking clothes off?
They played and played for such a long time and had the time of their lives.
It was just so so wonderful to watch them and get a little life from their enjoyment of it all.
The water and swimming part....definitely the Dennis side of the family....would it be biased for me to say I think these children are so sweet? I didn't think so.....XOXOXO
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