Was sitting here thinking about a lot of stuff that has taken place over the last several weeks with our eldest son. I have kept talking to him repeatedly about coming to me and letting me fight his battles for him. Frustrated beyond comprehension because he refuses to come to me until it is too late or until he is already in trouble. (Some of you know what I am referring to, others just pray; it’s in God’s hands now.) When God reminded me, in that ever NOT so gentle way, This is how the conversation went…
Me: God, I just do not understand. I keep telling him to come to me, why is he being so stubborn. Is it the age? Does he truly HAVE to learn the hard way before it sticks? Why? God, can’t You just send a lightning bolt down and get rid of all the distractions? I mean, God, I understand his anger. I understand it and I completely agree with a LOT of it. It is just the way he is going around expressing it what I have issues with. I mean I could fight his battles for him and win them if only he would let me. If only…If only… If only…
God: “Hey, isn’t that the exact same thing I have been trying to get you to do for YEARS! LET ME FIGHT YOUR BATTLES! I mean, seriously, Kimberly, I can do it SO much better than you can. I can even fight his battles for you. I can do it ALL, so much better than you or him. So let me…
Exodus 14:14 sums it up SO well…. Taken from The Message…. “God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!”
Lord, you know how hard that is for me and apparently how hard it is for my son too…but please…Help us to remember this…. Thank you for speaking to me today.
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