There Is Pain In Waiting
I once heard someone say,
Some people would think that is harsh or cruel. Other's would blow it off and find it insignificant. I, on the other hand, write with eyes full of tears because today I am watching the will of a child be broken. It is necessary and must be done, but as I've heard many parents say and never understood as a child, "This does hurt me more than it hurts her."
What I would give to hold her in my arms right now, rock her like I used to when she was a baby, and tell her everything will be alright. But I know that now is not that time. Right now, she must experience the consequences of a choice wrongly made. She must learn from her mistakes and become the lady God created her to be and I must in silence and prayer watch as her little strong will is gently cracked and her world feels as though it is falling apart.
The strength of a mother may seem so small and fragile compared to some, but every mother knows the strength required to watch one of her little ones fall and the discipline required to let the child find her way back into the hand of her Maker on her own.
While I patiently wait, I cling to the promise,
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11
"Sometimes you have to break a child's will without breaking her heart."
Some people would think that is harsh or cruel. Other's would blow it off and find it insignificant. I, on the other hand, write with eyes full of tears because today I am watching the will of a child be broken. It is necessary and must be done, but as I've heard many parents say and never understood as a child, "This does hurt me more than it hurts her."
What I would give to hold her in my arms right now, rock her like I used to when she was a baby, and tell her everything will be alright. But I know that now is not that time. Right now, she must experience the consequences of a choice wrongly made. She must learn from her mistakes and become the lady God created her to be and I must in silence and prayer watch as her little strong will is gently cracked and her world feels as though it is falling apart.
The strength of a mother may seem so small and fragile compared to some, but every mother knows the strength required to watch one of her little ones fall and the discipline required to let the child find her way back into the hand of her Maker on her own.
While I patiently wait, I cling to the promise,
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11
posted by Stephanie Chase @ 8:50 AM
2 Comments:
At Sun Feb 21, 08:30:00 PM 2010 ,
Anonymous said...
Stephanie, you know this has hurt me more than her. i love the Scripture you added in hebrews. if i could have just know how much it hurt my parents when i was disciplined!!!!i would have not hurt them as much!!!!
At Fri Apr 23, 08:31:00 PM 2010 ,
Little Women said...
Steph, What a sweet story. I cannot imagine what that must have felt like, but I know I will find out soon enough. I think your feelings very closely mirror what God's feelings must be like when he breaks our will. And we are better for it, in the end. But I imagine it must pain Him to watch the process at times. You are an excellent mother. Thank you for being someone that those of us with younger ones can look to and say, "Yeah, she's doing it. I can do it too."
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