Stepping Back

So I had a hard time today with submission. Tonight while at my neighbor's house my son knocked off an external harddrive and broke it! I wasn't around at the time but when I did emerge on the scene all I hear was my husband talking to my son about how he broke the external and we were going to have to buy a new one. Joshua of course received a spanking and was required to sit on the couch until he left. He followed these directions which I was very proud of. I had to run back to my house to let my dog and I immediately prayed to God. I was angry. Angry with my husband because of course I had no clue what was going on and at my son for breaking such an expensive item. I prayed for forgiveness for my anger toward my husband and for God to take ahold of me and let my husband be the one to handle this situation without my butting in. I knew it was the right thing to do even though I wanted to jump in and say he's just 3 and doesn't know better. I prayed to God to grant me the peace that I needed to get through this and then to make sure that I didn't become angry with William if I disagreed with him. Upon returning to my neighbor's house and bringing the kids back home so they could go to bed I talked with Joshua about what had happened. William arrived and I expected him to jump all over Joshua. He suprised me and didn't! He talked with Joshua and we put Joshua to bed. Afterward we talked about how we would buy another external and come up with a punishment that was suitable to Joshua for this. God worked in me and also in my husband this evening by proving to me that my expectation of what my husband was going to do was different than what they were. What an amazing God I serve!!