yesterday was easter. we had a nice day for the most part. at one point during the afternoon chas and cole sat down to play a game of chess with chas' chess set. i'm not exactly sure what happened -- there are always mulitple versions of these sorts of sitatuions depending on who is retelling the story. suffice it to say they had a disagreement that ended with cole scratching chas and chas telling cole that he couldn't use his chess set ever again. again, which order those two events happened in is beyond me. not the point really. they were upset with each other for about an hour or so. after that time i was in the kitchen making dinner (honeybaked ham -- yum!) and chas was helping set the table. cole came in and within a minute i overheard the two of them talking calmly and nicely to one another. they were talking out their conflict. each apologized genuinely for their part in the tiff and checked in with the other to make sure all things were settled. at this point i had stopped what i was doing and was focused on their conversation. waiting to see how it would progress. this might be a good time to mention that i myself had been struggling a bit throughout the day. i was feeling angry inside for some personal reasons and had felt far from the Spirit. at this moment as i was listening to the boys work things out i realized that my own heart began to unknot itself. i felt calm inside again. i began to cry. they boys looked over at me and cole said, "i just nearly started to cry myself mom. why?" i thanked both of them for the way they handled their conflict and told them that what we were all feeling was the Spirit of the Lord. that overwhelmingly good feeling that was making us cry and feel happy all at the same time was the Spirit.
we all felt it together. it was such a cool experience. one i will never forget. i'm writing it here so chas and cole don't forget it either. they felt the Spirit. i felt the Spirit.
we saw God on easter sunday.
