John puzzles thoughtfully over this ruling before he speaks. "Okay. You're the queen." He moves down a few steps, then adds, "I'm not as high up as the queen, but I can tell the queen what to do."
Katherynn adjusts her invisible crown and smooths her ruffled feathers. "Hmmm, " she considers. "Okay. That will work! Now, what should we tell Prince Ben to do?"
In my office some of the children are playing "Lord of the Rings". Jesse is explaining to younger Liam, Ethan and Eli the importance of choosing a strong army and using strategy in battle. "We are going to fight hard but we aren't going to really be mean."
In my bedroom, Nathanael and Caleb are doubled over, laughing about their game, "Stratego". A secret plot has been devised to fight to the finish. I'm not sure who won, but I'm sure that they're playing peacefully.
I smile. Partly because having a house filled with a dozen children is so much fun and partly because the grownups in my living room are discussing peace, wisdom and being brave...and concerns over parenting.
"The children are doing okay, don't you think, Father?" I pray silently. "Make them peacemakers who are wise and strong and brave."
As I wind my way downstairs through the land of five year olds, I hear Ben announce, "I am Prince Ben and I am in charge."
Katherynn and John agree that this is a sensible solution and John tells me, "Katherynn and me are the bosses but Ben is in charge of everything."
The State of the Union is in pretty good shape.
The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." ~James 3:17
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