Temper Tantrum

Some days I feel like this kiddo here. Poor Joseph feels like this MORE than I do, but hey. Is what it is. Welcome to the world of having a 3-year-old. Today at work the littlest of the kids was like this. Only because I was working on lunch and not providing my undivided attention in her direction. Which is normal. Joseph will walk around her and play with her and constantly stare at her. This is the way it seems to go. But hey, that's life. 

I wonder if this is what we look like to God when we don't get our way. Like we are throwing a temper tantrum. I know that I do. Justin gets so annoyed with me because I actually will flop around for a few seconds. To which he responds, "are you done?" I just wonder how we look to God. 

There is something that we want to do and God says no. How badly do we look tossing ourselves around trying to get God to change his mind? Malachi tells us that God doesn't change his mind. That he is constant. James tells us that he isn't changing like shifting shadows. So why do we fight him so bad when he tells us no. BECAUSE WERE HUMAN! We want what we want. But every time that God tells us no it's for a reason.

God doesn't just tell us no because he's a mean guy. He has reasons. Here we are, walking through life, and God says NO. We throw what this child is doing in this picture. A tantrum. Complete meltdown. We have to change our thinking to think that God has our best intentions in mind. Because he wants nothing but the best for us. When he tells us no there is a reason for it. I keep thinking about a quote that I heard recently. 'You can choose your sin. But not your consequence. ' You never know what you are going to lose. Or be hit with.  

We have to remember that NO isn't a shut door. It's for protection. There is a reason there is a no being said to you. Think about it long and hard. But know it's for your benefit.