Edson got out of bed at 6:20am. It was raining really hard and the usual thunder and lightning as well. I said, "go back to bed. there's nothing to be scared of. you NEED to go back to sleep."
My words were just NOT comforting to him. "No, come with me" he insisted.
I was...kind of...busy...you know, looking for a certain recipe on the internet...
But...I got up and took him to my bed to cuddle with him.
We watched, together, the "blue and purple explosions" of lightning and hugged each other even more when we heard the thunder. He was safe and satisfied. Somebody big was protecting him from this scary storm.
While I was waiting for him to fall back asleep, I started thanking God for hugging me, protecting me and keeping ME safe and satisfied througout all my life's storms. How many times have I gone to God begging for His presence to stay with me and comfort me.
He's NEVER too busy to hear me call. He's NEVER too ocuppied.
Edson teaches me so much about God's love and grace.
5 comments:
You are a good mommy, Karen.
I love the lessons we can learn from our children. Thankfully, even as adults they can teach us - Luke taught me a great lesson in patience and humility that has changed my outlook on submitting to God's will.
Thanks for sharing.
That is a good one. We have to stop in our busy lives once in awhile to see things as a child. It really puts a different perspective in our hearts.
I love how children teach us the simple things in life and how it helps us so much with our walk with God! God is so good!
And pretty soon he won't want you to take him into bed and cuddle with him. I just had another precious cuddle-time with an 8 year old that tries to pretend he's not interested in that ...until I climb into bed with him and then he gets all snuggly with me. I love it!
strangely enough, martha, my sixteen year old still loves to snuggle...:)
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