A close "nit" family

Since Monday of last week we have been battling lice in our home. I know this makes most of you recoil and wonder how a home school family could get lice. But as our old buddy Eeyore likes to say "There it is." Through this whole ordeal (every child has it but hopefully it is contained) I've been trying to practice "giving thanks in every circumstance." That is what God asks us to do. Mitch tells the story of how Corrie Ten Boom (a Jewish woman who survived the holocaust) and her sister chose to give thanks for the fleas that had infested them while they were in a prison camp. Corrie was reluctant to, but her sister insisted that God wanted them to thank Him even for the fleas. It was the fleas that kept the guards from entering into their barracks enabling them to worship God more freely and share the gospel more openly.

So how can I give thanks to God for the lice? I'm thankful for the lice because throughout the time I've been "nit picking" I've realized more and more what a blessing each of our children are to me. I've had to slow down and spend a lot of one on one time with each of them (something I don't always do). I'm thankful that we live in a country that has hot water and lice shampoo and vacuums to help contain and hopefully eliminate these lice. I'm thankful that God is greater than me and that through His Spirit He has helped me to be loving and patient and kind and to persevere even when I don't feel like looking at one more strand of hair. Because I know that God is greater than this situation I want to ask any of you who seek God to seek Him on our behalf about this because this is so far beyond us and we need His help to get rid of them completely and to endure until they are gone. Please pray that we will "not grow weary in doing good".

By the way, I'm not trying to make this a journal type blog, but we need your prayers and I needed an outlet to be thankful.