He Cares

Monday, March 28, 2011

Today has been one of those days. The kids have been yelling at eachother and fighting over toys all day, and I haven't been keeping my cool very well either. I was up all night with Reese's, and I have been feeling extremely tired. All my kids still take naps, but my oldest and my baby don't always take naps, and lately it's been nearly impossible to coordinate them.

I needed a nap very badly, but neither Jammer nor Reese's was going to sleep. I made Jammer lay down for a few minutes while I fed Reese's, and as I sat in my rocking chair on the verge of tears, I said a silent prayer to my Heavenly Father: "Please help my children to sleep so I can get the rest I need." I then started thinking about all the things the Lord had blessed me with and in a few minutes, I formulated the idea for this blog. My mind had wandered, but all of a sudden, I realized that Reese's had fallen asleep. I put her down and went to check on Jammer, and by some miracle, he had also fallen asleep. I said a prayer of gratitude and laid down to take my much-needed rest. The Lord didn't have to help my children fall asleep - indeed, sometimes He does not - but today He did. He was showing me that He knows me and He cares about the small things I go through. He had compassion on me in my time of need, and I am so grateful to Him for that.