This child drives me crazy. Honestly! I would die for him but I won’t give him 1000 snacks and I certainly won’t let him have chocolate nor chips for breakfast, no matter how much he begs me.
Since last week he has being sick for 6 days with non-stop low grade fever and cough. My other 2 daughters were at home sick as well, and don’t even ask me how I survived myself the fever, the cough, the lack of sleep and still managed to cook some average meals (riz u labin to the rescue!) and also powered up when the kids didn’t want to have a shower because it was cold and they were tired… Oh if they knew mumma was cold, miserable and tired too! (A shout out here to my sister in law who came to the rescue, we love you girl!)
However, after all that, it was last Monday that my heart broke when he woke up from his nap feeling miserable. Where is my cheeky boy who’s loud voice breaks my eardrums? Where are his dozens of cars that pose a tripping hazzard to the household? I offered him meals, snacks and even (oh yes, I did it in the middle of winter) I asked him if he wanted ice cream. With tears in his eyes dripping down his cheeks he told me he doesn’t want snacks today, that he is feeling so sick and he is tired of being sick… and that he was sad…
Aggghh… my heart shrank.
So I did the only thing I could do. I stopped offering, I stopped asking and I just opened my arms and sat with him to watch some dinosaur show while we cuddled together. Not long after, he literally jumped out of my arms and went to get himself an icecream and sat on the floor content.
So I took this picture of him. Quiet and calm. Thinking of all the mums who have a child constantly sick, or in Hospitals, or just have an empty blanket and a whole in their hearts. We take health for granted and something so simple like the flu can take it all away in a second.
We take their cheekiness for granted. We get frustrated by their mistakes, but Oh boy, do we need this reality check sometimes! To put our priorities in order, to slow down, to step back… to pray.
“As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you” says the Lord on Isaiah 66:13.
Which makes me think about how God has given us His Word to comfort us in our difficult times. How Our Lord offered His life for us, and even how He promised He will be with us until the end of times through the Priests who Consecrate the Eucharist which is given to us.
“And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
So when we are sad and miserable, when we feel hopeless and like having tears coming down our cheeks, we can always look at Jesus in the cross opening His arms with love for you and me. And we can sit at his feet and get comforted by His presence. We can always leave our petitions to Him, and trusting that like a mother who comforts their children God will do so too, and He will take care of everything.
Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus, i trust in You.
God bless you,
Liza, a Maronite Mum
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