Today I prayed a very simple prayer. In fact, it was so simple that it almost felt silly. With so many other serious things going on in the world today, I felt so ridiculous even uttering these words:
"Dear God, please watch over Jackson and me as we play at the pool today. Please help me to be attentive and for Jackson to be content. Help him to be happy. Help me to be able to keep up with him. Thank you for this beautiful day that we can spend at the pool with our friends."
I know...such a small request. To be honest, I was really very nervous to be taking Jackson to the pool by myself. Even when Kyle is with us, at times, he is a little hard to handle in that setting. He doesn't understand why we won't let him just go. And it's hard. Sometimes not enjoyable at all.
I knew I had to get over my little fear of bringing Jackson to the pool by myself or we would miss out on so many fun summer days! So, I took a leap of faith. On the way to the pool I said out loud the prayer above. When we were in the pool and Jackson was being soooo well behaved and looooving the water, I made the comment to my friend, "I can't believe he's being so content; this is NOT normal!" Then, I quickly remembered....HELLO!!!! Why am I surprised? I asked God for this very thing to happen. Why didn't I have more faith? Our time at the pool was so much fun, and Jackson was the best he's ever been. He even sat in the stroller quietly while I packed everything up. What?! My very mobile extremely adventurous always on the go little man? Yep.
Because, today, God chose to answer a very small prayer of mine just to remind me that He is always listening, no matter the request. He may not always answer my prayers this quickly or by choosing to grant what I have asked, but this time He did. So I am very thankful. What a blessed day!
"Dear God, please watch over Jackson and me as we play at the pool today. Please help me to be attentive and for Jackson to be content. Help him to be happy. Help me to be able to keep up with him. Thank you for this beautiful day that we can spend at the pool with our friends."
I know...such a small request. To be honest, I was really very nervous to be taking Jackson to the pool by myself. Even when Kyle is with us, at times, he is a little hard to handle in that setting. He doesn't understand why we won't let him just go. And it's hard. Sometimes not enjoyable at all.
I knew I had to get over my little fear of bringing Jackson to the pool by myself or we would miss out on so many fun summer days! So, I took a leap of faith. On the way to the pool I said out loud the prayer above. When we were in the pool and Jackson was being soooo well behaved and looooving the water, I made the comment to my friend, "I can't believe he's being so content; this is NOT normal!" Then, I quickly remembered....HELLO!!!! Why am I surprised? I asked God for this very thing to happen. Why didn't I have more faith? Our time at the pool was so much fun, and Jackson was the best he's ever been. He even sat in the stroller quietly while I packed everything up. What?! My very mobile extremely adventurous always on the go little man? Yep.
Because, today, God chose to answer a very small prayer of mine just to remind me that He is always listening, no matter the request. He may not always answer my prayers this quickly or by choosing to grant what I have asked, but this time He did. So I am very thankful. What a blessed day!
3 comments:
I don't know if you prayed for D to eat too, but he ate so well at lunch!
I too am constantly reminded that even in the little things I should go to God FIRST!
I'm so glad, Margaret!!! I did pray for him, today! :) Man, I'm on a roll...maybe I should pray for a trip to the Carribbean? ;) Just kidding. I'm SO glad D ate for you today! See, it's true! Since I never know what J will do or how much he'll eat, I've been giving him the veggies before I show him anything else. I also save the fruit for last cuz I KNOW he will eat that. The man loves fruit. Anyway, Yay for our little men and their appetites!
Isn't it cool how God listens to and cares about everything no matter how big or small? There were times at Baylor when I would pray for and praise God for a parking spot...I was working on learning patience one small step at a time.
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