This morning was rough...and put me (along with my children) in a bad mood. My husband left for his job at 6 this morning; I have pretty much been up since 4:30 (b/c of nursing and pumping), and my oldest was up about 6:15-6:30 (which was earlier than I expected). The oldest is hitting this 2 year old stubborn/defiance stage...and frankly put, I don't like it. This could be for a number of reasons (just the 2 year old thing, a new sibling in the house, potty training)...but this morning it was over shoes. Silly huh? As a parent, I was worn out before the day really started. I hate, literally hate, having to punish my child and hate that it puts us in a bad mood.
Here's my point and what I took away from it...If I hate having to punish my kicking and screaming child, how does God feel when we do the same thing (so to speak)? How many times do we go against what he says? How many times do we get mad because we want it our way, and are stubborn and defiant? As a parent, we have to set guidelines and have to stick to our word...and God is the same way. We may go down kicking and screaming, but God wins! His ways are better and for a reason, even if we don't understand and think that it's for something silly or trivial. On another note, I only have 2 children...God has an infinite number, some who have strayed and continued to permanently defy him, and some he just has to correct but still strive to obey him. I can't fathom how He feels when he has to correct us and punish us...I have truly been bothered all day for how my morning started, for how I had to correct my 2 year old, and how the newborn was just crying away without even having a clue. All I can say is thank goodness we have a heavenly father who is patient with us, who does correct us to keep us in line, and who loves us unconditionally...even when we are kicking and screaming!
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