God gives a little pat on the back.

Every now and then I feel God give me a little pat on the back just to let me know I'm doing a good job with His kids. Its a nice feeling and he always seems to know when I need it the most.
Last Wednesday I had to take all the kids with me on a marathon visit to wal-mart. We had lunch at the subway inside then went looking for shoes and finally had to get all the boys haircuts for the wedding. All told I think the trip took us about 2.5 hours. That's not the interesting part though.
As we sat in the subway people started walking up to us at separate times to comment to me on how well behave the kids were. One woman was convince they couldn't be all mine I must run a daycare. "No, these are all my beauties" I replied. She went on to say what a beautiful family I had and what a good job I must be doing. Mind you I am 9 months pregnant also and its way obvious. So many of the comments started out with how much longer I had and are the other kids excited about the new baby.
One of the best compliment I received that day came from a retired school teacher.
"You must home school your children. I can tell because its obvious how well they get along with each other. Home school kids just do better with their siblings." I told that lady that it meant the world to me to hear that from a school teacher.
All told that day 7 or 8 different individuals or couples stopped me to make a positive comment on my family. I was nearly brought to tears every single time.
(of course I am 9 months prego) It was truly a gift that they all took time out of their day to hand to me some of the kindness that I am always trying to hand out in the same store. The Holy Spirit inspires us all to be Christ to others I just thank those people for being Christ to me and my kids on that day.