Learning

Oh sweet boy, mama is missing you tonight.

Sunday nights have always been difficult for me, even as a child.  Now, with my new work schedule, I have decided take Mondays off.  This has been such a great change and quite a blessing for me.  I am so fortunate to have this opportunity!  I can only hope that another week will bring good news regarding our adoption.  We have hope for the week ahead. 

While listening to KTIS this morning with my daughter, we heard a short devotion about dealing with life's challenges.  This reminded me again that we tend to pray for the end result: the child coming home, the healing, the blessing, the "want" that we have, etc.  When instead, we should also ask God what he wants to teach us through this process.  How does he want us to grow in faith and grow in our relationship with Him?   Maybe our end result is NOT what God sees as the most important result of getting through difficult times.  When I mentioned this devotion to Caden on the way to church, he commented about how Tim Tebow wrote about a similar situation when he couldn't play football in college due to a shoulder injury (he's reading Tim Tebow's book!).  He also reminded me of Job.  We talked about how God allowed sickness and death and much pain in Job's life, yet Job continued to TRUST and have faith in God.  (Caden is a pretty smart kid!)  We talked about how we pray for Carson to come home, yet what can we learn while we wait?  TRUST ME, says Jesus.

We had a great teaching moment this Sunday morning.   Caden and Cali seemed to understand our discussion and I was a very proud Mama -- this was one of those parenting moments you hope for :)