Tonight my nearly 7 year old was being a little sassy. She already sounds a great deal like a teen. Super fun. After expressing my feelings about said attitude, she made a very profound statement.
She said “I keep trying, but I just can’t help but be disobedient, especially when it’s something I don’t wanna do.”
Ah, so here I am in another learning moment, when I am expecting my child to be better behaved than myself. Now, I do choose to look more compliant on the outside, certainly. I have learned the ways of cooperating in society. However, inside my spirit, in my head and heart, lives a very rebellious woman.
“I don’t want to forgive.”
“I have a right to be angry.”
“That’s out of my comfort zone.”
“I would rather sleep in than have my quiet time…”
And so it goes, on an on, rebellion as old as time. I used to think the idea of a sin nature at birth was legalistic and religious and untrue. But if it weren’t true, we probably wouldn’t need so many books and experts and articles on how to teach our children to do right. 
So that’s all I have to say about that. Short and sweet. God loves to talk to me through my kids, especially when I myself am disobedient and not taking enough time to listen…
Night.
