The dirt...

Emma Kate LOVES to play in the grass and the dirt. She also LOOOVES to eat the grass and the dirt. And the leaves. And even the sticks. And as I watch her ingest these things, I keep repeating to myself, "God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt!"

And what a better friend to play in the dirt with than our big dog, Amos!

He likes to eat sticks too. Do you see how they are both eating sticks!? What kind of mother am I anyway?

Amos likes baseball too. I don't know where this baseball came from. We've never owned a baseball, and I'm thinking he stole it from a neighbor. If you are our neighbor who is missing your baseball...we have it. And we're sorry. And we'll give it back :)

Emma Kate wasn't sure about baseball at first....

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But then Amos made it look WAY fun!

And she decided she LOVED it too!

So all this talk about dirt got me thinking... In our bible study at church, we have been working our way through Job. Last week, we talked about how we are clean because of what Jesus did for us on the cross, but how our sins are our "dirty feet."

..."Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean..."

John 13: 10

Isn't it a comfort to know that through God's grace, we can repent and our dirt will be washed away?

Happy Monday!