I'm driving home from dropping the kids off at carpool. Maren (6 years) & Dean (2 years) are bickering directly behind me about an empty water bottle. The screaming and carrying on is making me feel like I am going to lose my mind. It's times like this when my normal looking arm, all of a sudden becomes incredibly stetchy and amazingly flexible (Plastic Man would be so impressed). I find myself extricating the cause of the problem and (I don't mean Maren and Dean) throwing it to the floor of the front passengers seat while still keeping us all alive. Problem solved, they move on and figure out other things to do with themselves.
Here comes my small epiphany. I know in life I've heard the phrase "He giveth and taketh away." and don't often think much of it. Well, when I removed the object from my children, I started to consider how this must be how my Heavenly Father feels about me. He gives and takes away and I wonder if he feels the same frustration with me, that I felt towards my children. Curious.
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Isn't it funny the insight kids bring to the larger, more heavenly picture. I wonder the same thing about bedtime. I take a great sigh of relief when my little one finally drifts off to sleep. I often wonder if Heavenly Father feels the same way when I finally calm down and go to sleep. 'Whew, no more trouble from Angie...for a few hours.' Good thing he's far more patient that you and I can understand!
Wow - deep thoughts Tonya!
Good question. I have thought about Heavenly Father being the one to give and to take away a lot lately. I think it's a good thing, too. We can trust that we are being watched over and given things and stripped of things-all for our own good. Even though it may be hard. Thanks for sharing.
One time when Maddie and Katie were little I too used my amazing backwards arm bending powers to grab a silly happy meal toy they were fighting over...only I threw theirs out the van window!
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