This kid always amazes me. She has such a desire to be good that it about kills her. Just the other day, we got into a big argument over what she was wearing for the day. She has a couple of skirts that my mother bought for her that I feel are too short and I refuse to let her wear them, yet she repeatedly comes up stairs with them on. After she finally selected something that was appropriate, she comes storming into the bathroom half screaming/half crying that she wished she "didn't have a part of Satan in her!" because she had that desire to always wear immodest clothes. Poor kid, she is only 7!
I quickly explained that having temptations wasn't wrong, and that it is what we do with those temptations that really matters. I told her that she had chosen the right because she went and changed into something that was more appropriate.
And then there was the incident last night:
She lost one of her teeth in the morning and bad been toting it around in that tiny plastic bag all day. I kept telling her to go put it under her pillow before she lost it, because she has lost one once before. But of course she didn't listen and right before bed she realized that it was no longer in the bag. She freaked out and was crying hysterically and trying to get the whole family in on finding it. She left the room and after feeling sorry for her I began to look for it and quickly found it. So when she came back I told her that she owed me the money that the toothfairy was going to give her (only joking of course), but she quickly responded that she had been outside on her knees praying for Heavenly Father to help her and that was why I found it. I was shocked, and stunned, and proud all at the same time.
I don't think she has a part of Satan in her at all. .
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