Doctor's Visit

What a day! Our little angel had her four month checkup today. I thought I would be Supermom and take all three of our little darlings with me. I mean, really, how bad could it be? Well, I'm here to tell you, it was B-A-D, bad!!!

Upon arriving at the appointment, my 5 year old and 3 year old decided to duke it out over a Gameboy game, which neither of them really wanted once the dispute was settled. My 3 year old had an "accident" in the waiting room and Supermom had no pants for him to change into and to top things off, we were put in a room the size of a cardboard box, in which we spent 2 1/2 hours!!! Really, 2 1/2 hours!!!

It was just one of those days. I found myself thinking, "How much more of this can I take? How much longer can we wait?" Complaining, complaining, complaining...

The nurse came in, finally, with the shots for our youngest and one shot for our three year old. I was so nervous because shots are usually daddy's duty; I just can't seem to handle it. But even in something so small, so trivial, God revealed His heart...

You see, while both of my children were receiving their shots, they were crying and screaming and it was terribly painful. They did not know it was coming, it came out of no where and suddenly they were in pain and wanted to be held. All they knew was that someone had hurt them for no reason and they needed their mommy.

As soon as the injections were over, I held both of them and just gave them all the love I had in me. It tore me up inside to watch them go through such a painful experience but I knew that in the end, it would be worth it. I knew that the shots would be helpful to them in the long run.

Don't you know that that is how God feels when we have to go through painful times in our lives? It must tear Him up to watch us go through the things that we must endure but He knows that it will only make us stronger. And when it is over, He will hold in His arms and give us all the love He can give.

As we walked out of that office, I looked at all of my kids and I thanked God for the lesson that He taught me today. It may hurt in the moment and it may come out of no where, but there is a reason and there is a God that is waiting to hold us when it is all over!!!