Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Try, Try Again

Last week my independent three-year old put on her pajama bottoms quickly and easily; only to find that her button down top was a bit more challenging.

I have taught her to start buttoning from the bottom up—to avoid the notorious mismatched buttoning. She began with the bottom button, struggling a bit along the way up to the top button. When she reached the top button she tried and tried only to find herself in a very frustrated situation; the button wouldn’t pull through the top hole. See began crying and fussing saying she couldn’t do it, but then I brought her attention the other buttons and the progress she had already made. Not really sure what she was thinking, but I encouraged her, “You can do it, you can do it Katie—try, try again! Ask God to help you, you can do it.” She immediately asked God for help and within about thirty seconds she finally conquered her last and final button. She looked up at me with a sigh of relief, smiled, and said “I did it mommy!”

A couple of days later we were running late for school. I was in a hurry when we arrived, at the school, jumped into the back seat to unbuckle her car seat and for the life of me, it wouldn’t unbuckle. I pulled and pulled, each time getting more and more stressed and frustrated---then I heard my little girl’s voice saying, “Mommy, mommy you can do it. Try, try again.” I looked up at her and smiled and prayed Lord help me. Immediately I changed the position of my hand on the buckle, pushed it and it released. I smiled at her and thanked her for her encouragement, thanked God and told Katie see, “God can help you—you just have to try, try again.”
This last week has been a challenging week to say the least. I battled seizure after seizure and dodged the war against the enemies’ devious and fiery arrows and spearing self-defeating thoughts in my mind.

There have been moments where I have told myself, “I’m just tired of this—I don’t want to do it anymore.” But “the Lord answered [me] when [I] was in distress” (Psalm 20:1) I asked for His strength and joy. He granted my heart’s desire and held back nothing I requested. (Psalm 21:2) He also reminded me of my little girls’ words, “Mommy, mommy you can do it. Try, try again.”

In the moments you feel you can no longer move forward, allow God to give you His strength that you may be victorious in your battles. Encourage others to try, try again. I will leave you with this one final thought, “You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.” (Hebrews 10:36)

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