She barely had even sat down in her seat for worship when tears started running down her face, and loud cries were coming from her small, chubby self.
Naam had gotten a snack, and she didn't, and to her, that felt like the end of the world. It took a minute for her to calm down, but she abruptly stopped, looked up at me, and asked me if she could go back to worship. We whispered a quick prayer, and she never mentioned anything more about the snack.
I think a lot of times I can relate, though. I see something that someone else got that I didn't, and it feels like God isn't being reasonable. He hasn't given me all the things that other people have, so that definitely can't be fair. There are times when I don't feel as equipped to handle a problem or situation as other people I know, and that seems like God is playing favorites.
When I step back and look at the way kids react to those small situations, I realize that we're not that much different. We're just as spoiled as they are; it just presents itself more maturely (although not always).
The good thing about realizing that we're very similar to little kids in that way is that God can work with that. We have to hand it all over to Him and remember that He's just and fair even when it's hard for us to understand. Just like sometimes you can't make a child understand why you're doing things the way you are, we can't/won't always understand the reason God does things the way He does. He knows infinitely more than us.
It's been helpful for me to remember that this week. God is working out those details and doing things that don't make sense to me, but ultimately His plan is best.
This morning I was complaining to God about something that I was confused about when I realized I was making it way bigger in my head. It wasn't something that I needed to know the answers to. Nothing I could do would change the outcome, so I just needed to leave it in God's hands. Just a few minutes later, God showed me something that put me at peace.
He's always working fairly even when we can't see it, we just need to learn to trust Him in His wisdom.
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