Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Two More Seconds.

11:15 PM by Christi Bowman

The other day my littlest one was in desperate need of a nap. When he gets tired he loves to wreak havoc on his sisters in order to keep himself awake. His sisters do not appreciate this!

On this particular day my middle child was packing her back pack as she pretended to play "camp." She was putting a necessary item into her bag when it caught his attention, and the games began. He grabbed it, she started screaming, and the more she carried on the more entertained he became.

I was caught up in something and could not come to her rescue. I knew she was miserable, but I also knew that I would be bringing the source of her misery to an end very quickly. I began talking her through it as I continued to finish up what I was working on. I told her to let him have whatever it was he had taken because I was putting him to bed shortly. She continued to carry on and I said to her:

"Two more seconds honey; just hang on for two more seconds and you will have what you need and all of this will be over."

I said those words and in an instant all of the scriptures that tell me to hold on and that He wont be long made perfect sense. To my little girl two seconds seemed like a life time; it was much longer than she wanted to be tormented. My little girl is a lot like me. I am being broken and although he tells me that my life is but a blade of grass...a vapor...when it hurts, even a vapor seems like an eternity...but He sees the big picture and just like me He knows, as my Father, that He will be bringing the source of my misery to an end and so as I call out to my four year old "two more seconds" He gently calls out to me "two more seconds honey, I'm comin'...can you hang on for two more seconds?"

I love you Jesus, and yes...with your grace I can hang in there for two more seconds!

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