Tuesday, November 6, 2007

My Prayer for Today!

Since Noah was 11 months old I have said every month has been my favorite age. The past few days not so much! At first I blamed his disobedience on the time change and gave him grace in areas that I normally don't. Last night when I left for work Noah was crying and fussing and acting very clingy. Not like him at all! I called Phillip while I was at work to ask how Noah was doing. Phillip said "He's been great". Hmmmm!
I was convinced he was tired, not feeling well, teething or something. But since with Daddy he was sweet and obedient, I had to recognize that some of the behaviors I have been seeing the past few days was disobedience. Today, Noah and memorized Romans 3:23 "All have sinned and fallen short." I explained to Noah that we ALL sin, he does, Mommy and Daddy do, everyone. We talked about how disobeying Mommy is sin. I realize that Noah does not completely understand, but he is expected to repent and ask for forgiveness when he disobeys. I need to remember that when I allow him to disobey and make excuses like he's tired, he's teething, he doesn't feel well, he's hungry etc etc etc. That I am sinning. My prayer today has been God show me where I need to be more consistent and when to give Noah grace, I am sorry when I am not consistent, Lord please forgive me. If I expect Noah to do it, then I need to as well.