I bet God has the same frustrations with me!

After another DAILY nap time "fight" with Monkey, I was sitting on the couch rubbing my forehead, hoping that the headache would go away, and I began to pray.

     Lord, please give me wisdom to know how to deal with this child!  How many times do 

     we have to go through the same thing?  Over and over and over, He fights me about 

     the same thing. He fights me about eating, he fights me over bed time and nap time. 

     He refuses to listen and do what I say. His looks say he is daring me to act on the 

     consequences I have promised if he doesn't "DO" something I have told him a DOZEN 

     times to do.  He repeatedly does things that I have told him NOT to do! What am i 

    doing wrong, Lord! How long is it going to take for him to learn these lesson, like 

    obedience, and unquestioning trust?

Then I had a light bulb moment... I bet God thinks the same thing about me sometimes. 

How many times have i had to relearn the same spiritual lesson over and over again? How many times have I completely disobeyed the Lord on an issue?

Yet God, never gets frustrated with me. 

Now, I know I'm human, and a woman, prone to emotional upheaval, but i need to have ALOT more patience with my son. Afterall, He is human too, and has a fallen sin nature. I can't expect him to act like a godly little angel (all of the time!). Especially when he is just learning what right and wrong are, and their consequences!... I on the other hand am an adult! I need to work on MY obedience, and MY attitude, and MY rebelliousness.  

I still have to be a mom, and help Monkey work on these areas too, but at least I have a different perspective!  

TTFN