It is always amazing to me how life can get so busy we miss the beauty of teachable moments... A few days ago in my normal every day life of being mommy, God took a very simple situation and used it to rock the core of my heart. Recently Landon had pneumonia which resulted in a heavy dose of antibiotics to cure my sweet boy. With antibiotics comes a very common side effect of having to go to the bathroom non stop. Thus, Landon had a horrible diaper rash. One night in particular he was crying so hard and pulling at his diaper because of the discomfort and pain. As I put him on his changing table, he continued to scream and babble and plead for me to not take off his diaper; the pain was too bad. He knew that in order for me to clean him, it would cause stinging and discomfort. After minutes of trying to console him, the more I tried to take his diaper off, the more he screamed and tugged at me not to do so. I remember saying to him, "the quicker I can get your diaper off, the quicker I can get you cleaned up and put on your cream so that you can heal faster." As I spoke these words it was as if God had taken my heart and said to me, "this is how I care for you." Once our wrestling match of taking the diaper off was finished, the cleaning began (although for Landon it stung for him) and I was able to apply his rash cream; his healing balm. I held him tightly afterwards as he continued to cry for several minutes. It was in this moment I broke not only as a mom but as a believer as well. I broke for my son who was in pain and I wept because it was in those precious moments that I had a tender whisper in my heart that said," Although what you may be going through is uncomfortable, I am holding you and bringing you healing. The quicker you clean the junk out of your heart, the quicker I can heal you."
I will never forget that moment because it was so beautiful to me in what I needed to be reminded of. I believe that God uses our children to be our biggest blessings in life, to humble us, teach us, and show us just a glimpse of how He truly loves and cares for us.
