Listen to God's prompting
It is weird to think that my child is
wrong and I am right , but he/she (I will just use he for the
examples from now on) doesn't think he is wrong...Maybe neither of us
is wrong, but we just have a difference of opinion...
Should I have asked him to to this
place that I had planned for our fun and recreation? If I did ask,
he would have said “NO” just because it is opposite if what I
want to do. I want him to be well balanced and that means that
sometimes he has to do things that he is insecure about so that he
can experience new things and learn to be comfortable with them.
Isn't my job as a parent to help him stretch and grow?
Lord, I give my child to you. I can't
raise him myself, and thank you for my husband's help but ultimately
it is you that raises him. Show me what to do. Does my child just
like confrontation...that could be a good thing if he is on the right
side, but he needs to make sense. He has to learn how to make sense
and that can't happen all of a sudden. It takes time I can teach him
how to make sense and that is part of my goal.
Would my child's life be easier with
out me? Sometimes, but would it be better? NO, I am the training
agent to prepare him for the real world...all that stuff he doesn't
know and doesn't want to know.
You, God, are the same way. You show
me and teach me. Do I hear You? Sometimes if I take time to listen.
Do I do what the Holy Spirit tells me? Sometimes, but other times I
totally ignore Your prompting. I miss so many opportunities to share
Your love and don't share what You've been teaching me simply by not
speaking. Would I be better off without You? Of course not, You
made me. When I'm not doing Your will, I am being disobedient. Will
You strike lightning down on me for that? You could, but You haven't
done that yet. When I disobey, I miss an opportunity for your
blessings and for you to be glorified. I miss opportunities to share
Your love because I'm hoarding it with the guise of “not wanting to
offend someone”. If You want me to say it, the timing will be
right and I'm not offending You. Would I rather take the chance of
offending someone else by saying something that God wants me to say,
or would I rather offend God by not listening to the God's Holy
Spirit prompting me?
Thank you Lord for not giving up on me.
When You teach me, I want to listen and respond to your words. In
the same way, I want my child to listen and learn from me. I get
very frustrated when he ignores me. Teach us how to listen to You
and learn from each other and how to do the right thing. I'm sorry
when I keep silent and I offend you. Help me to follow Your
prompting because then I will receive the joy of knowing I shared
Your Word and that someone may be my child.
I Love you, In Jesus name,
Amen
