Different Perspective

   I had a revelation of sorts the other night.  Being a parent really reveals to you a lot about God’s relationship with His children I think.  It was just made really real to me how we don’t necessarily understand things, but God does.  Our situations may seem unfair or painful or something we don’t need and therefore seemingly unnecessary, but that doesn’t mean God just doesn’t know what He’s doing, and it doesn’t mean He’s uncaring or cruel.

  I was using a nebulizer on Esperanza to help clean out her airways to try and get her to sleep better, and she just hated it.  She was fussing and crying and shaking her head in avoidance of breathing in the air.  Did I like to watch as she fought like this? Of course not! But she simply couldn’t see that I was doing this to help get rid of all that snot so she could get a decent night’s sleep.  I can see from the start to finish why this stuff is going on, that it’s for her good, but she can’t see that and so she cries. 

  I was just struck by how we are sooo much like this soo often! We fuss because we don’t get our way, or we go through a few trials that are hard or painful and we don’t think we should have to deal with them. But God has a plan for it! He can see from start to finish that this pain we’re dealing with is preparing us for our future, that this struggle we’re going through is making us stronger, teaching us to be more like Christ, the person He intended us to be. 

  I just wish I could realize this more often in my daily happenings.  Just because I don’t understand what’s going on, God’s still got it under control, and He sees it all from start to finish.  Maybe one of these days that’ll sink in.