this down before I forget. Now if you have read some of my earlier blogs you
would know how much I love the work I do in Jr. Kidz church at LWFC where I
go to church. This morning for about 5 minutes I talked with my colleague
about last night. One of my kids, who I absolutely adore, can at times be a
little challenging. I have discussed with her mother (who is also my friend)
that she is a natural leader but just needs to work on her skills as a
follower and a listener. In any case last night she was helping one of the
kids with picking up a ball after he threw it. At a certain point I was
closer and I said "give it to me, I will give it to him, and she made a huge
stink about it. We have had this situation happen several times where I have
asked her to do something and she doesn't understand why or agree so she
doesn't want to obey. So because we have been working on this it kind of
forced me to now have to insist that she give the ball to me first. So she
got very upset with me and then she got over it 30 seconds later when it was
her turn to throw the ball. Anyway that is just a little background. My
coworker told me a story about his kid being sick and acting out and at a
certain point he had to stop allowing that to be an excuse for that bad
behavior and start disciplining him for it. We talked about how these things
are necessary and for the good of the child even though they don't think so
at the time. I came back to my desk and thought of the analogy for how God
deals with us sometimes. In my situation, I know that sometimes God has
specified something he wants me to do. Well I make a decision because I
don't understand why or I just simply want to do it my way. But because he
loves me and knows whats best for me. He corrects me and i don't like it.
But eventually I come around. Anyway the point is that God is trying to
parent us because it makes us better, it helps us to take the skills we have
and develop them into the potential he sees for us. In the second situation
it reminds me that even though we may be going through changes and the
things that life throws at us, God still has an expectation of obedience. He
has mercy, but continued disobedience will yield consequences. But it is
because He loves us.
