Pressing on…
Rebekah loves to make brownies. She is always on the lookout for a reason or special occasion that would warrant a batch of brownies. She does not have to look far. Her daddy loves brownies. A week or so ago she had planned to make brownies to take to church but we ran out of time on Saturday so she made them later in the week.
One thing that my big girls are great at is letting the little ones “help”. Bekah had recruited a very willing helper. Hannah. Hannah was beyond excited to get to play in chocolate. Um, I mean help make brownies.
I think she was having a bit of trouble getting the lid off the chocolate chips. (Please ignore the head baker dipping her finger in the batter. Thank you.) I offered to help Hannah but she was adamant that she could get the lid off by herself. And did I really want to interfere with her battle against the lid? Deprive her of the sweet victory. Nope, I let her press on toward her goal.
Defeat? A moment of reflection? Checking to see what Sarah was eating off the floor? Planning her next move against that stubborn lid?
This was my final shot of Hannah vs. the Lid in her quest for the chips. I couldn’t take the next picture because I was opening the container, lol. After much thought, she decided that she needed a bit of help in this battle; in this quest for chocolate. I was more than happy to help. I was waiting. I knew that moment was coming.
Why all this rambling about a stubborn lid and a 3yr old determined to do it alone? I’m having one of those days, um, weeks. I feel like I am having battle after battle over a little issue there, a stubborn little sin over here and feel free to fill in the blank. As I was looking through pictures and thinking over the past couple of days, this scripture came to mind…
13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. Philippians 3:13-15
Now Hannah was pressing on to get the chocolate chips. And a worthy cause, my friend. Today, however, I am pressing on toward being a mother who reflects the love of her Savior; a wife who makes home a haven for her husband; a woman drawing close to her Father. I have fallen short today. I was ready to just jump down into my own little pit of despair and hide from my responsibilities for the rest of the day. Thankfully, a dear friend, pointed me to the Word and God spoke to me. Clearly. As only He can. I was like Hannah, not wanting to ask the one person I knew who could make my struggle easier. I wanted to do it all by myself. Like Hannah, in the end I knew I had to have help.
May we all press on toward the goal today.
Psalm 40
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.
That was lovely. Thank you for sharing!
Now…print out this post and tape it somewhere so you can read it over and over and over.
Great pics! Great message!
What a great reminder. Thanks, Shern!