"Mimi, I tink I not want to take a nap today, otay?" Granddaughter #2 looked up at me with those big, pleading, beautiful brown eyes.
"I think if you don't take a nap, you'll be very tired when your mother gets home from school and you'll be kinda cranky, don't you think"
"But, Mimi, I not be tranky....I be nice." And, so the daily ritual began.
"I think if you don't take a nap, you'll be very tired when your mother gets home from school and you'll be kinda cranky, don't you think"
"But, Mimi, I not be tranky....I be nice." And, so the daily ritual began.
We were privileged to get to keep Granddaughter #2 in our home when she was small while her mother taught school. Daily naps were not a favorite thing for her.
"Tell you what, you don't have to go to sleep but you need to lie down and rest. You can look at books if you want." I reasoned.
"But, Mimi, I alweady yooked at all 'dem books, you know I did 'dat yeserday."
"You can look at different ones today. You know there are a lot books you like."
So, after a drink of water and a potty break, Granddaughter#2 climbed up in the big bed; carefully fluffed her pillow, put her mother's old rag doll, Annie, next to her, carefully pulling the sheet up over Annie ("So, she won't dit toll, Mimi" ) and laid down with a huff.
I knew from previous experience what would happen so I devised a plan.
"Tell you what..........I'm gonna put this stack of pennies here on the chest. Each time you get out of bed and come wanting something, I'm gonna take one of the pennies. When your Mother comes to get you, then you can take whatever pennies are left in the stack with you, okay?"
She thought for a minute surely trying to decide just how many pieces of candy those pennies would buy. Then, giving me that "I don't think I'm gonna like this game, Mimi" look, she finally shook her head in agreement and picked up a book. This game went on for several days and at the end of each day, I can safely tell you, Granddaughter #2, didn't get rich.
There is story in the bible about how Satan tried to get Jesus to do his bidding by offering him something in return. Satan knew all of earth's kingdoms were God's but he thought by offering them to him , as though he himself owned them, he might bribe Jesus into surrendering.
"Next Satan took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him the nations of the world and all their glory. 'I’ll give it all to you,' he said, 'if you will only kneel and worship me.' 'Get out of here, Satan,' Jesus told him. 'The Scriptures say, ‘Worship only the Lord God. Obey only him.’” Matthew 4:8-10 TLB
How often does Satan tempt us to do something by whispering to us how wonderful that sin would be? Satan offered Eve the fruit in the Garden and Eve gave in to temptation thinking, much as Granddaughter #2 had, how wonderful the end result would be. As it turned out, what Eve did that day changed the whole world and each of our lives by bringing sin into the sinless world God had created for their's and our enjoyment.
"Tell you what, you don't have to go to sleep but you need to lie down and rest. You can look at books if you want." I reasoned.
"But, Mimi, I alweady yooked at all 'dem books, you know I did 'dat yeserday."
"You can look at different ones today. You know there are a lot books you like."
So, after a drink of water and a potty break, Granddaughter#2 climbed up in the big bed; carefully fluffed her pillow, put her mother's old rag doll, Annie, next to her, carefully pulling the sheet up over Annie ("So, she won't dit toll, Mimi" ) and laid down with a huff.
I knew from previous experience what would happen so I devised a plan.
"Tell you what..........I'm gonna put this stack of pennies here on the chest. Each time you get out of bed and come wanting something, I'm gonna take one of the pennies. When your Mother comes to get you, then you can take whatever pennies are left in the stack with you, okay?"
She thought for a minute surely trying to decide just how many pieces of candy those pennies would buy. Then, giving me that "I don't think I'm gonna like this game, Mimi" look, she finally shook her head in agreement and picked up a book. This game went on for several days and at the end of each day, I can safely tell you, Granddaughter #2, didn't get rich.
There is story in the bible about how Satan tried to get Jesus to do his bidding by offering him something in return. Satan knew all of earth's kingdoms were God's but he thought by offering them to him , as though he himself owned them, he might bribe Jesus into surrendering.
"Next Satan took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him the nations of the world and all their glory. 'I’ll give it all to you,' he said, 'if you will only kneel and worship me.' 'Get out of here, Satan,' Jesus told him. 'The Scriptures say, ‘Worship only the Lord God. Obey only him.’” Matthew 4:8-10 TLB
How often does Satan tempt us to do something by whispering to us how wonderful that sin would be? Satan offered Eve the fruit in the Garden and Eve gave in to temptation thinking, much as Granddaughter #2 had, how wonderful the end result would be. As it turned out, what Eve did that day changed the whole world and each of our lives by bringing sin into the sinless world God had created for their's and our enjoyment.
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