ksagarsee

Today I learned a new lesson about life from my daughter. We were driving home from grocery shopping, she was in the backseat in her car seat and Jeanette and I were in the front seat, when she started crying. Well, it started as crying… and then it became howling and screaming. She wanted out of her car seat and she wanted out NOW. We were driving down the road though, and of course, we can’t take her out of her car seat while we’re driving. Not only is it illegal, but it’s not safe. She can’t see that though. All she sees is her immediate discomfort. Its al about her. Jeanette and I knew best of course. We were looking out for her best interest, but all she knew was that she wasn’t comfortable.

Now, of course because we love her we pulled over when we could and Jeanette fed her; but it struck me how much like her we all are. We don’t see the bigger picture, all we see is our immediate discomfort. "Oh no, things aren’t exactly the way I planned them to be!" Whether that means our relationships, our job, our money or whatever… it’s so easy to only focus on our pain. It’s tough to believe that God knows better than we do, and that if we trust him… it’ll be so much better. We never see the trouble we avoided by trusting him, only the pain we feel when it’s hard.

It’s not easy when you aren’t the adult.

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