Im not going to delve into that.. you all know what Im talking about. Plus, my time is valuable. As Im writing this, at any moment my 2 year old could come up and start one of his fits, or the baby could need to nurse! (yep, i had another baby since I last blogged... perhaps I will have time to blog on that too later today ;) )
So, here we go... the story of my life... lately...
Terrible Twos & Tantrums
See that cutie.. that was Jude somewhere around 1.5 years ago.
While he still snuggles on me like that (rare moments throughout the day)
This is more of the face I get:
Sometimes this is accompanied by screaming and stomping feet or just laying out in the floor. Oh and usually shouting "NO MOMMY!" (thats the part I hate the most).
I know this is a probably just a phase and not reflective of how he will be as he grows older. But part of me can't help but worry that this behavior will carry over into child & adulthood.
Teaching respect and love and gratitude to an (almost) 2 year old feels like one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do. All while remaining sane and showing him grace & love. Im often reminded of how our Father must feel when we need to learn lessons as an adult. In 1 John 4:9-11 it says
"In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another."
He continually and unconditionally shows us GRACE & LOVE everyday.
This is what the Bible means by sanctification.
Here are some ways Im being sanctified...
so, like my friends Heather & Jennie have suggested.. Im going to eat lots of cake & drink lots of wine (once you go to bed) ;) And spend lots of time in the Word and praying for sanity to come quickly to our home!
Some Bible verses I love about training a child in the Lord.
Proverbs 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
And perhaps my favorite:
Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long. Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. (emphasis mine)
A word to my boys:
I pray every day that you will Know God. That you will LOVE God. I pray that God will use me to teach you of His love for you.
You are loved in so many ways by so many people. You are truly a blessing to our family & to all of those that you meet. <3
<3 mommy
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