My four-year-old son is full of questions, and chatters constantly. I love talking with him, but he’s developed an unfortunate habit of talking to me even when his back is turned. I often find myself saying, “I can’t hear you—please look at me when you’re talking.”
Sometimes I think God wants to say the same thing to us—not because He can’t hear us, but because we can tend to talk to Him without really “looking” at Him. We pray, but we remain caught up in our own questions and focused on ourselves, forgetting the character of the One we’re praying to. Like my son, we ask questions without paying attention to the person we’re talking to.
Many of our concerns are best addressed by reminding ourselves of who God is and what He has done. By simply refocusing, we find comfort in what we know of His character: that He is loving, forgiving, sovereign, graceful.
Wow! What a great reminder, we’re(I am) so consumed with what we’re(I am) petitioning for without authentic humility we( I) miss that His will is happening right now.
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Children, truly provide us with some of the best life lessons, and yes without authentic humility we often miss the moments of grace and direction.
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Beautiful point of view. Thank you 🙂
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Thank you for reading.
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