Christian and I were taking Micah to a park yesterday, and he essentially whined and whimpered the entire way there. During our drive, Christian and I talked about how that reminded us of what we must do sometimes with God. You see, we were driving Micah to a place he would enjoy. A place he could run around (and yes, the boy is actually starting to run just a little bit every now and then:)). A place he would appreciate and have fun. The problem was, he couldn't see the bigger picture and therefore was upset about being strapped in his car seat for the drive to the park.
How often do we whine and whimper about something we are going through, not understanding the bigger picture God has in store for us? How easy is it to complain about our lot in life? Why me God, why this, why now? And yet we are unable to see what God sees. Unable to understand what He is preparing us for and unable to appreciate the lows in our lives for the highs it will surely bring.
Micah is the perfect illustration of that, in more ways than one. Having 3 miscarriages was certainly not something I was grateful to encounter (nor would ever wish to experience again!). I was absolutely in the lowest of the lows. When I look at that sweet, precious little boy of mine, however, I am beyond grateful for what I have been through, knowing that God was preparing our hearts to be his mommy and daddy. That bigger picture was no where close during those lows of my parenthood journey, but I am so thankful for the blessing and joy that Micah is in our lives.
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