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December 17, 2006
Insight from a Father
As you might have read in Leah’s blog this week, we had a bit of a rough day on Thursday. Belle’s making progress in learning to walk with the cast on. She scoots along the couch with ease but hasn’t braved walking across the room quite yet. Fortunately she doesn’t have any preconceived notions of what walking is supposed to be like adults do. I’m sure she’ll bravely figure it out.
During the whole ordeal on Thursday I see much more clearly now how God views us as his children. During the x-ray I had to hold Belle down on the table while she wailed and fought with all her might (a one year old is stronger than I thought). When she kept looking at me as if to say, “Why won’t you pick me up and make this stop?” All I could think was that this is for her good. We had to go through the x-ray to figure out what was causing the pain and how to fix it. We couldn’t not take the x-ray, I had no choice but to hold her down and try to reassure her that everything was going to be alright.
Once my emotions had calmed down and the cast had been set on her leg, I was able to reflect on that moment and see a picture of God and me. I can see God standing over me when I am hurting and looking to him to end the pain. He stands there whispering to me that everything is going to be okay, that it is all for my good, that he must put me through the pain to accomplish all that he desires through me. Once I saw this I smiled at the thought of God holding me down for an x-ray just as I did for Belle.
“It is doubtful that God can use a man greatly until He has hurt Him deeply.”
– AW Tozer
Posted by Jason at December 17, 2006 02:10 PM
Comments
Can I get an "Amen!" :)
Posted by: Mrs. Rohlf at December 18, 2006 08:38 AM
Good stuff, Jason. It's amazing what a picture of how God must look at me sometimes, that I get from watching Elena...
Posted by: Matt Heerema at December 18, 2006 09:42 AM
Beautiful insight, Jason.
Posted by: nate at December 18, 2006 11:00 AM
Thanks Jason!!
Posted by: wendy sue at December 19, 2006 08:02 AM