Update:
Thursday, I worked at the office and met with a couple to plan their
wedding, before I came home and made dinner for Karen and myself. After dinner, I just rested and got to bed by
9:30 p.m. I wanted to stay up and do other things—but then I never get enough
sleep, so I forced myself to go straight to bed. I have been very tired in the last few days
and needed a little extra sleep.
On Friday morning I met with the Elders and got home just in time to go
out to lunch with someone from the church.
We spent a lot of time together talking so I didn’t get home until 3
p.m. I have to be in Eau Claire at the
University by 5:30 p.m. with my trailer to help Karen’s cast and crew load in
the scenery at the theatre for next week’s play. I’ll probably be driving for that until 8
p.m. I’ll come home and it will be time
to start getting ready for bed once again.
Thought for the Day:
I’m certain that you have seen and heard bratty children. It really gets on my nerves to see a child
throw a temper tantrum, kicking, demanding, screaming and yelling. I feel sorry for the kid. I feel sorry for the parents. I feel sorry for everyone around them who are
subjected to such a display.
After raising five kids, I know that sometimes everyone has an off
day. Maybe someone fed them too many
sweets. Maybe they’ve been
overstimulated and really need a nap.
And sometimes, it is just an ornery kid who has never been taught to
control himself. All I know is that kids
shouldn’t act like spoiled brats.
And adults should never act like that either. In today’s devotional prayer, Os Hillman
wrote, “Please help me to weather life's storms, to keep
looking to you, and to be a thankful child...never a pouting brat” [TGIF: Today God Is First on-line devotional
message].
How many times
have I been mad and God and thrown a hissy fit?
There have been times when I haven’t liked what has happened and I blame
God for all my unhappiness because He didn’t give me everything that I wanted. Just like a spoiled brat, all I want is everything
that I want, exactly when I want it. Is
that too much to ask? Yes, actually it
is.
Parents cannot
provide everything that a child demands even if they could afford it because of
what it would do to the child and how he or she would turn out as an
adult. God cannot necessarily give us
everything we demand because of the same reason.
I know that God
knows best. I know that sometimes my desires get the better of me. I HATE listening to spoiled, little brats—and
I never want to sound like that to God. Always
asking. Always begging. Always demanding. Instead I want to be appreciative and content
of what I have. I want to learn to
express my thankfulness to God. So I’m going to strive to be a “thankful child…never
a pouting brat.”
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