It's soooo NOT easy being a parent! I used to think parents get to do everything. They get to boss you around AND do whatever they want! N O T!!! That is sooo not the reality! This morning, my hubbs and I had to make a hard decision to teach our young man a lesson about being responsible for his time and how he manages it. Lately, we've been struggling with him in the morning to get ready in a timely manner and not have to drag him or get mad at him. Most days, I'm already at work when he is waking up for school but Fridays are my mornings with him and I look forward to them. Well, this morning, he really just was not moving. I kept calling him but nothing. I decided though that I wasn't going to start yelling at him instead I told him that since he was not moving and doesn't think getting to school on time was important this morning, he would have to find his own way to school (which isn't far at all... it's a 10-min. walk but it's a lot when you're already late).
As I watched him angrily walk/run to school, I felt bad and guilty but I knew that he really needed to learn to take responsibility for his own actions in managing his time. Watching my son make his way to school this morning caused me to think back when I was a young girl. There were many times (as I was a stubborn lil' princess) when I would find myself frustrated or angry because my Mom was giving me a "hard time". I used to think that she didn't care and that it was me who was suffering/hurting and not her. We, parents, all know that isn't the case at all! It hurts us too, even more at times!
It made me think about us and God. How often God wants to spare us the unnecessary pain of learning the hard way but, in most cases, we just won't listen. So He has to allow us to learn by experience. How many times have we blamed Him or think how can He allow this hurt to happened. So easily we forget that it was our choice not to listen and to follow His steps. And what we often don't see is that when we hurt, He hurts too... just like a parent hurts when her/his child is hurting.
