So it seems like this everyday-blog thing is a little much for a mom of 3 busy toddling boys.  I will attempt to keep it up with a goal of every day but not with the expectation of it.  Hopefully that doesn't disappoint anybody too much.

We went grocery shopping on Tuesday night, as we usually do, and I had some thoughts from that trip that I wanted to share with you all.  My husband and I talked about the fact that we are beginning to stand out in public.  Not that this is a bad thing, it's just new to us.  We stand out because #1 we have three very young kids #2 we have a Hispanic little boy #3 when people ask our kids "do you like sponge bob" or some other well-known cartoon character (this is usually at sticker-time at the doctor's office) my kids look absolutely clueless.

When we used to go out with the two very young boys, people would say "oh how cute" or "my you've got your hands full!"  Once in a while people say that with the three, but I would say 75 to 80% of the people just glare.  I'm not sure why?  Do they think we're "adding to the world's population"? (exactly as God instructed us to do, right?).  I think some people think I must have had sex outside of my marriage because we have a Hispanic baby....I'm not sure.  There was one lady at the grocery store who looked at Kaleb, smiled, and then glanced back (they were in the stroller) at Noah and then glared....I'm not sure if she has something against Hispanics or if the glare was in judgment of me.  Whatever the case, it got me thinking....

What things do *we* glare at??  For me, it's immodestly dressed women.  I caught myself doing it soon after I had experienced the cold glares.  So we stand out--as we ought to, we are in the world but not of it....but do we also put ourselves on a pedestal, ABOVE the world?  If we stand out and then appear to be looking down on everybody who has not reached the same point in their faith as us, are we not sinning?  I'm not saying that it is wrong to judge wrong and sinful actions, but I think it is wrong to glare at the *people* in disgust because of their actions.  Thankfully Christ didn't have an attitude like mine!

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8    

Let's remember this today and as we walk through the grocery store next time, or through the mall--or even at church.  Let us show Christ's love to those who are living in sin or who do not fit into our cultural box so that they might be drawn out of their sin by His love instead of being turned off to Christ or anything "Christian" by our judgment.