Embry and Ellie were approaching one. Walking wasn't their main mode of transportation. So things up high weren't really on my radar. I for sure didn't think they could reach the top drawers in the kitchen. Specifically the one with knives. 
I heard a crash, followed by crying and went running into the kitchen to see what happened. Ellie had pulled up on the cabinet and yanked the entire knife drawer out and on top of them. Knives all around them. Not one scratch. I sat down on the floor and cried with them.
Seeing what happened, it's impossible that not one single knife touched them. Well, not impossible when God's got a hand on the situation.
It makes me sick to my stomach to think about what could have happened, especially with them both looking up watching the knives shower down over them. Isn't it comforting to know God is there to protect our babies when we're not? Even when we are?
I am going to start praying more for my kids. More specific prayers... not just a blanket prayer that covers the bases.
I don't ever want to take the power of prayer for granted.
I don't ever want to take these little blessings for granted.
Like with everything else, time will go by too fast. Before I know it, they will be grown and I will be wishing for that tug on my leg from a little someone who wants Mommy to hold them just because. I will be wishing that I would have stopped what I was doing more often and just soaked up that baby love, not giving a second glance to a dirty kitchen or a pile of laundry. I want to be that Mommy now.
I want to be their comfort, like my God is for me. Always loving, with arms open.
May I never be too busy to love them.
May I protect them the way only a mother can and find the peace knowing that God will take care of the rest. Like he did one night when a mom was too naive about a knife drawer.
He's got the little bitty babies in his hands.
He's got the whole world in his hands.
Psalm 91:9-13
9 If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, 10 no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. 11 For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. 12 They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. 13 You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
Psalm 34:7
For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.
