A new season...

Being a mother has been teaching me so many things. Just today I was thinking how much our relationship with our children reflects our relationship with Christ. God was showing me how everything a baby needs depends on   their parents. They are helpless, depending on you to get the job done. Just as we need to have patience with our children and show them our love and the love of Christ, so Christ has patience and love for us that never ends. When I am practicing patience I am really practicing the love of God towards myself and others. Just think, what if God had no patience with us and just said "forget about them, they will never learn and cannot be taught." Where would we be? We would be lost and so alone. Thankfully God does have patience and is always there waiting for us to call upon His name. Just as children cry and throw fits, so do we. We come before the Lord sulking and wondering why we didn't get what we want. Like a parent has to discipline their child and teach them what is acceptable behavior and what is not, so God disciplines His children. Think about it, God must discipline us to show us what is acceptable in His sight and what is not. Just as a parent disciplines their child out of love, God disciplines us because He truly loves us and is jealous for us. He is there all the time. In every season of our life God is there teaching us and molding us. Whatever season you are going through in your life, whether it be lack of patience, worry, sickness, sadness. Turn to the one and only God who heals our brokenness and turns it into His Glory. Fall is coming soon, a perfect time to grow in patience and love.