Our Instinctive Pull

I haven't written in a few weeks. One of the issues going on at the Carter house is that our middle daughter has casts on both of her legs. She is doing stretch therapy (serial casting). Courtney has Cerebral Palsy and is currently growing faster than our daily therapy can keep up with. The casting is necessary to get her stretched into a flat footed position to be fitted for a new pair of AFO's (Corrective braces). Our whole family has been somewhat emotional this week. Courtney seems to be handling it like a trooper. I was able to write an amazing devotional out of it this week and I also wanted to share another topic God revealed to me this week.

Our Instinctive Pull
Usually, when everything is going normal (relative word) I tend to not spend as much one on one time with each of my children. I also don't pay them as much attention in the parenting realm either. I stop observing and participating in their moral corrective training during those smooth times. I let them go on their way and then I'm here to pick them up when they need it. They tend to start thinking individually instead of family oriented, they become more selfish with toys, time and attention on themselves. And don't express how precious those around them are.

This week God has really spoken to my heart about how I react when the smooth, normal time is a distant memory. The moment something isn't right I instinctively pull them to my side. I am more protective of them and hate to let them out of my sight and they tend to want to be nestled in my arms as well. We all know something isn't right and now we are being reactive instead of being pro-active.

I think we do that with God. All is going pretty smooth (normal) in our lives and we loose track of God and go off and do our own things. We become self focused and not others oriented. We don't want to share our personal time, our space or even our kindness. Then God gets our attention with something - a crisis in our eyes. We instantly get mad at God for allowing something like this to happen to us. We were doing just great and then "BAM" something gets our attention. We know something isn't right and we react. When the crisis hits we instinctively pull back to settle ourselves. Hopefully, the next thing we do is run to God and allow Him to begin to instill in us His values again. His promises and His will for our life. I wonder if God feels that instinctive pull to bring us closer to him when we go off on those tangents? I also wonder if we were pro-active, by resting in His Word daily and praying uninterrupted daily, if we would become more proactive than reactive?

Thank goodness we have a God that looks at us and says, "I love you, come here let me hold you and nestle in me."

He is always there. Always waiting, always loving.

Have a great week and see you next MONDAY!
In the loving spirit of the Lord,
Sandra