Stop Crying you big baby

It was poised to be one of those days and it was only 7am. How in the world could things already be heading down hill when the day had just begun you ask? It is called an 11 month old who is teething AKA, "Faithers, Squeekers, Munchkin or just simply Faith".

It was Monday my day off and all I wanted to do was relax a little, play with my kids, read a book and watch some TV. Instead around 7am I heard cries from Faithers begin to seep under her door and begin to somehow make the turn into the kitchen around the cabinets and the rise up to my ears (funny how sound travels). I am usually the one to hear her wake up in the morning seeing as I am up and someone else is still sleeping (not to mention any names PK), but this time it sounded different it sounded like she was in pain and no I am not a rocket scientist. By about 11am I finally got settled with the fact that no amount of medication was going to help and that I was just going to have to deal with it.

When it rains it pours:
Just when I was getting settled with the fact that I was going to have to listened to my daughter be whinny all day my 3.5 year old Cara Rose decided that she wanted to be a whiner as well (no nap equals = waambulance). Now I can understand and have some compassion for my 11 month old who is teething but at this point I just wanted to throw them both into the sound proof room I wish I had - who said it is the thought that counts. But since this was only a wish and not a reality I resorted to frustration and just told my 3.5 year old daughter to go to her room every time she started to whine. Finely I got so upset with her whining about wanting water or this or that I said, "Cara stop whining and do something about it, like I have been telling you all day".

Then He Spoke:
Don't you love it when God interrupts your moments of deserved frustration with an object lesson for you. I heard God say to me, "Ben this is the way I feel towards you some times". But But God I thought you were the loving compassionate one who is nice all the time. He said, "read Exodus 14:15 'why are you crying to me' and Mark 9:19 'you faithless people! How long must I be with you...'" In other words stop crying you big baby and do something about it. You see God has empowered us and given us all authority through what Jesus did on the cross but yet when we find ourselves in a situation that seems really difficult we walk around whinnying and God is saying stop whinnying and do something about it. It is time for God's people to stop looking around at society and saying oh no it is so bad God please help us. Take some initiative and bring the change that we want to see.

Well thanks for listening
Dream Big and Stay in Motion
PB