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This will be a short post this morning. Since Ladybug's MMO program follows the county school schedule, she doesn't have MMO this week. That throws our regular schedule off a bit. All of you parents understand how important routine is to our little ones!
Ladybug is getting her eye teeth. I've heard that these are painful li'l suckers. And they are giving her fits. She's been cranky, and she doesn't have enough words yet to tell Mama where it hurts.
This morning as she was nursing (we're down to about 3x a day now), she suddenly popped off and started crying. I mean, really crying! I wasn't looking at her when this happened, so I wasn't sure what provoked the outburst. She had her eyes screwed shut, so I thought maybe she had poked herself in the eye. But she also kept pointing at her mouth.
I was able to get her to nurse more, as that always helps to calm her down. I then took a risk and put my finger in her mouth to feel her gums. From her reaction, I had discovered the source of pain.
Isn't our spiritual life like that? We have something painful in our lives, yet we cannot even begin to describe the pain or the source of the pain. Sometimes, it's self-inflicted. Sometimes at the hands of others. Sometimes our unseen enemy.
But the best place to find comfort and healing for that pain is in the arms of our Heavenly Father. He'll hold us close, whispering words of peace and comfort. But we have to allow Him to do that. Just like you cannot hold a squirming, cranky toddler if she doesn't want to be held, God cannot hold us if we don't allow Him.
This is Holy Week, the time where we remember that final week of Jesus' earthly life. Whether you usually participate in Holy Week services or not, I pray that you will find a way to remember the ultimate sacrifice that God made for us so that we could turn to Him when we need comfort. Because of the work that Jesus did on the cross, we have immediate access to God our Father. Jesus has become our High Priest, and when we have Jesus in our lives, nothing but our own crankiness can keep us from God.
So if you're hurting or feeling lost or confused, know that you have a Heavenly Father who wants to hold you close and bring you peace and comfort. All you have to do is ask.
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