Blog Post 2 (BP2)
Parenting has been a wild ride. Never did I ever think I would find myself in many of the situations I find myself in while raising my littles. Each season of their growth seems to bring about a whole new season of growth for myself as well.
As I pursue God more and more, I feel so strongly that He is using these moments in parenting to reveal even more about his love to me. And what I find particularly interesting is just how deeply it resonates with me. I am a very analytical and logical thinker usually. So some aspects of God’s word seem a bit foreign to me. That is, until he reveals it through tangible and real life examples that parenting brings about.
One moment in particular that struck me so profoundly was a night when I was putting my youngest to bed. We were already 45 minutes into this process and the dehydrated philosopher was in full force and was in much need of sleep by this point. So it was time to transfer to the crib that was in our room.
You see we normally had a nightlight plugged into the outlet next to the crib. But on this night the light had been moved to the outlet across the room. There was still plenty of light in the room but it was darker on the side where the crib was located nonetheless.
At one point in my little’s anguish of having to be in the crib, in the middle of the cries and pleas, I hear, “Momma, I can’t see you!” I replied in a calm, quiet voice, “But you can still hear me.” This is when the Lord began to speak to my heart so distinctly.
I continued to reassure that I was still near and that my little just needed some sleep. But the only thing that was going to work was seeing me with their own eyes.
It made me think of my own relationship with the Almighty. Many times I’ve been in what seemed like a darker moment, where I couldn’t see God how I wanted to see him or how I wanted him to show up. But he was always there, always near. Whispering to me, speaking to me. Offering reassurance and direction. If only I would quiet my mind and my heart (and sometimes even my mouth) and look for the light around me, no matter how dim, and listen to his voice for comfort and reassurance. I would’ve been able to rest easier in that moment.
I think of this moment often and try to keep my eyes and my heart open to the ways God teaches and guides me through daily life.
Maybe you’ve felt this was a time or two as well.
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