No Control

Have you ever noticed, parents....how much "no control" we have over our children?
Seriously...one minute our 2 yr old is playing trucks calmly...and the next
minute I hear very faint squeaks coming from our 7 1/2 mth old. I spin my head around so fast that I get dizzy...because I know this isn't a normal sound....and see Gabe sitting on top of Ellie while she lays flat on her back and he is riding her like he rides his horsey. Yeah....
I hadn't moved that quick since I tried catching him from running on the highway....and trying
to take the pringles out of Ellie's mouth. Praise God for this thing he gives us called "motherly instinct". I like to think of us moms as butterflies and our antennas are the "instinct"...always alert...on call for anything and everything.

*sigh* I think this calls for prayer and fasting....Really, when I sit and think about it all...the big picture of parenting a child and raising them up to love God.
I have no control...really...our kids are totally in God's hands.

And so tonite....once again...I praise God for His goodness and faithfulness to us.
And once again...I lay it all at His feet and say, "Not my will but thine be done."
Because I can't do this parenting thing without Him. Not one day can be accomplished fully
without the Heavenly Father. And am I ever so thankful that He's always there to walk beside us and guide us along.