“YOU HURT MY FEELINGS”

That was my son, Joshie, to me yesterday. He heard me on the phone with his dad saying that him and I have a bad reputation for being highly persistent and incredibly annoying (no shame!). My little ten-year-old son Joshie was offended, though! I had to explain to him that persistence is a good attribute to have, and I want to be even more persistent like him because that’s when you accomplish great things in life through hard work, patience, perseverance, and persistence.

But to be honest with you, I had something that I was doing that needed my full concentration, and Joshie kept interrupting me. I was getting a little bit annoyed with him!!! I even tried to persuade him to go and watch TV until I was finished. But he ended up staying with me most of the time, KINDLY asking me if he could help me and take over at the end.

Minutes after that, I go to have an appointment with God, and after feeling Joshie was ANNOYING me, look what God had to say:

“Hide all your ugliness in My heart. It’s a hospital, you know, and doesn’t one sometimes come out of a hospital cured? Trust in Me with all your heart since I am your great friend. You remember the keynote for the year, ‘Hope in Me.’ My help never comes to an end, and I never cease to watch over you. I am infinite and I am love. So lose yourself in Me, trusting Me to guide you. Be the little blind child who skips joyously because he is holding someone’s hand. Oh learn to be joyous since you are Mine and open your heart to everything you lack. You don’t ask. ABOVE ALL, DON’T BE AFRAID OF WEARYING OR ANNOYING ME (Wink! Wink!). What could you lack when you live in His friendship?” – He and I

Of the over 87 pages of old posts there, for these words to show up was God letting me know that even though I thought Joshie was annoying, that He would never find me annoying. This was no coincidence; it was God finding another way to show me His deep love and intimate Presence in my life. I gave Joshie a BIG HUG and apologized for the way I acted with him. Even when he wanted to chat on his phone in our bedroom late last night when I wanted to sleep, I just allowed him.

Such love this Joshie shows that I want us all learning from him. I’ll never forget a time when he said to me, “Mommy, I just want to be with you.”  And he shows genuine love, no fake love with Joshie. He is the real deal! Even if he gets mad, he is right back to his joyful, loving self a short while later as if nothing happened. I told him that God sent him to me to teach me how to love:

“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth. Love PATIENTLY accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures. Love never ends.” – 1 Corinthians 4-8

In fact, I called my brother, Kevin, yesterday to tell him I’m changing my name to PATIENCE after he kept telling me last year to be patient! That patience has paid off! I’m thanking him and God for guiding my life to such a beautiful place where I’m full of love, peace, and joy. Our hope remains in God!

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