Isaiah 2:1-11 Plant a seed in a pot on the window sill today.

I, again, read the subject of today's Live Advent discipline early in the AM.  And I thought, actually, about getting a seed and a cup of dirt (like a 3rd grade science experiment)..but, honestly, I did not have time.  So then I thought about the other ways that we plant seeds.....and my thoughts, of course, turned to my kids.  They are the saplings that Sarah and I are cultivating and this evening was spent "fertilizing" them with the multitude of activities that we have on a Wednesday evening (even extra today because of the Soccer Awards ceremony).  So we had Soccer Awards, Basketball practice, gymnastics, and piano AND THEN we came home and checked homework and enjoyed our kids and watching them interact with their grandparents (and old pictures discovered on Google+.  What an excellent evening.  And, for me, with kids, while there is sometimes frustration, there is never hostility.  And this speaking to Michael's suggestion that "if you bury some enmity with that seed, by Christmas, you just might know more peace."  Would that the nation and the world buried their enmity so that peace could reign.