Learning Lessons

This morning has been less than ideal. It began at 3:30am when (A) woke up and punched David in the nose.

It is (A)'s fourth birthday. Not quite the way we had wanted it to start.

I was so frustrated. Kind of annoyed and angry that (A) had made such a poor choice on such a special day for him.

I am learning a lesson through this.

Lee  swaddled him and I sat in the bedroom with him. He was screaming and yelling all sorts of things. I just sat, not saying a word. I felt God telling me, "Be slow to anger, slow to speak...quick to listen." So I sat and prayed. I felt as though I needed to wait until (A) apologized for punching his brother. He didn't. I waited. Then I felt God telling me, "This is how I wait for you...quietly...never leaving you....waiting for you to say sorry for things you have done wrong." Then I realized how quickly I get frustrated when (A) does things like this so I apologized to God for being quick to anger and quick to speak instead of listening to God first.

So I waited and then stepped out...talked to Lee about what God had been teaching ME and so we have been taking turns...waiting for him to realize that he needs to say he is sorry.

We are still waiting....

Please pray for all of us and that today can and WILL be a special day for (A). Even though it started in a less than ideal way, it is worth it to learn such important lessons!