Since I’ve been a parent I feel like I have so many more…umm, revelations if you will, about God’s father-like role in my life.
For example,
Many of my mornings are spent disputing morning teeth brushing with my ever so strong-willed 2 year old.
Me, trying to explain that she needs to brush them so that they stay healthy and clean. Her doing her best to persuade me to “do later mommy.” I battle inside myself whether to give in because really we don’t have time for this saga. However, knowing what my child does not, I simply stand there holding the toothbrush out until she finally takes hold of it and most the time reluctantly starts brushing.
You see, I know that missing this brushing will not cause her teeth to fall out today. What I also know, is that a continual bad habit of not brushing sufficiently will leave her teeth susceptible to cavities and all the things that come with not taking care of your teeth. Ultimately, ending in a dentist office visit that will be just as heart wrenching for me as it will be for her.
A 2 year old in a dentist chair with all the scary unknown.
All consequences of her actions, but nonetheless try explaining that to her.
I couldn’t help but relate that to our Father and his persistent daily nudging to “brush our teeth” so to speak. Clean those areas that are unseen. Those places that are hard to reach. The daily care that isn’t so much hard as maybe just time consuming.
The little habits we build or break today can end with us in the dentist chair with a lot of unknowns caused by our own decisions or neglect. and those times are just as heart wrenching for Him as they are for us.
So thankful that God our Father loves us too much to give in to our sometimes excessive whining and continues to just simply hold out the brush.
#toothbrushandGod
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