22 And behold, others he ^aflattereth away, and telleth them there is no ^bhell; and he saith unto them: I am no devil, for there is none—and thus he whispereth in their ears, until he grasps them with his awful ^cchains, from whence there is no deliverance.

I suppose my constant gopher popping up like that one carnival game, is anger…but today I triumphed in a small way..

We have this strap that we use to tie the children’s door shut to the banister, since they outsmarted the child door knob lock.

Sometimes when Hazel, Milly and I are in the bedroom, Rawl will sneakily tie us all in the room.  I HATE when he does this.  It makes me LIVID!

Today, Rawl gleefully tied us all in.  I felt an immediate surge of anger.  LUCKILY, I quickly bowed my head and said a fast prayer.  It was just what I needed to take off enough edge, ( I was still very peeved) to take advantage of the opportunity so we could all have our daily prayers.  Then I thought of an appropriate punishment.  So waiting for Rawl to untie it, I had him do something kind for me, sort the laundry.  Then I calmly explained he had to be in his room, and explained some reasons why its unsafe and unkind to trap mother in the door.

Now is about time to let him out of the door….so I best post this.  Maybe I should take a picture of the purple yoga strap that escalates my adrenalin!

  So for all those of you who also are tempted in wrath, I wish you luck,  and those of you whom Satan tempts with pacification and flattery, I hope that you beat down those gophers each day or week he gnaws on you in those manners!

  Best!  Emily