Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Wondering About the Will of God

Scene:
10:30pm- feeding baby and putting him to bed for the night
10:35pm- remembering to tell husband that I love him
10:40pm- begging God for a night of peaceful rest
1:00am- unanswered prayer: baby wakes to eat
1:30am- baby grunting himself back to sleep; disappointed that he didn't sleep until 2 or 3.
1:35am- trying to recall a scripture verse that might give me comfort
1:40am- "Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make straight your paths."
1:41am- Trusting as hard as I can and wondering why my paths still seem crooked; recalling scripture not working as comfort
1:42am- begging God to let him sleep until 7
4:45am- unanswered prayer: baby wakes w/o definite hunger cry
4:45-6am- on-again-off-again sleeping and crying
6:00am- baby is ravenous due to mother's failed attempt at assessing baby's cry
6:30am- determine sleep is now pointless; decide to get over it
7:30am- shower; wonder if unanswered prayer is more about my lack of faith and God's will or baby being only 4 weeks old; concluding the latter and determining myself officially ridiculous for wondering in the first place
8:00am- Forgetting about lost sleep and loving every second with the sweetest little baby in the world