Assurance

Has God ever asked you to go somewhere you've never been before? How did you respond? Did you go? Did you drag your feet? Were you scared?

Did you take someone with you? Did you go it alone?

Last night we got to Holly's parents house really late and the kids were absolutely exhausted. I put Tyler in bed and he was so tired that he was really afraid and screaming bloody murder. It lasted several hours...not the screaming but his refusal to lay down and give it up.

I tried rocking him, telling him stories, singing to him (that probably made it worse), I tried bottles, I tried bribes. None of it worked.

Then Rylie (whose mothering instincts are greatly increasing right before my eyes everyday) walks into to the room. Now remember, this little round and round had been happening for 2 hours. Ryile walks in and grabs a pillow and a blanket and says to me "Daddy I'll get in the crib with him. He'll sleep better." She did and she was right, he did. In less than 5 minutes.

He needed the assurance that I wasn't going anywhere. He was not in the mood to be abandoned...even if I only went to the next room. I was close but Rylie was closer. I laid by him Rylie laid with him. I said "it will be okay buddy", Rylie said "I'm not going anywhere".

He needed the promise of proximity not just a picture of it. I know how he felt. I am the same way.

But what if He asks you to go it alone?

That's just it. He has assured you you never will.

"I will NEVER leave you or forsake you."