Divided Attention

At 5:00am my alarm went off. I got out of bed, got dressed, and headed downstairs to prep breakfast and have my quiet time. Shortly after I sat down to pray and read my youngest came strolling down the stairs. He didn’t seem happy; well, a little less happy and tired than usual. He plopped up on the couch and start moaning about his legs hurting. He was experiencing growing pains—something that just seems so foreign (and sometimes fake) to me because I never had them.

I called him over to me and started rubbing his legs, but it wasn’t enough. You see I wasn’t “doing it right.” There’s a ritual. There’s a way to help fix his growing pains. There’s a process to relieving the hurt in his legs… and his mommy knows exactly what to do. He didn’t want dad; he wanted mommy.

Eventually mommy woke up and came downstairs to save the morning. She brought heating pads and medicine and all kinds of stuff to relieve the situation. Within minutes he calmed down and said, “I feel better.” This didn’t help my already cynical view of growing pains.

The more I thought about it the more I realized it wasn’t a mommy thing or a daddy thing, it wasn’t even about the heating pads or medicine, Isaiah simply wanted someone to comfort him and let him know it was going to be okay. Mommy focused on HIM. Daddy’s attention was DIVIDED.

Chances are you’ve been in a situation or are in one right now when you just need to know someone is there, someone loves you, someone is looking out for you, someone wants the best for you. God IS that someone and He IS with you. You have His full attention. He’s trying to let you know that He has it under control. He’s trying to let you know that it’s going to be okay. He’s trying to let you know He is God and there is nothing He can’t do.