Rolling Off the Couch

Rachel is a little roly-poly. Whenever I put her down, she immediately rolls over. It's a fairly new skill, and she loves to practice! Usually, I enjoy watching her roll over and over and over as she explores the living room, my bedroom, wherever. Usually.

The other night, as I was sitting on the couch getting Rachel ready for bed, she tried to roll over. I stopped her. She tried again, and I stopped her again. She kept trying, and I kept stopping her. She got frustrated and a little aggravated with me, but I was not going to let her roll over. You see, if I had let her roll over, if I had let her do what she wanted, she would have rolled off the couch. She did not realize the danger she was in, only that I was keeping her from doing what she wanted to do.

I wonder sometimes how often we try to do something, and it just doesn't happen. So we try again. We even pray about it, "Lord, please help me to get this thing done." What we may not realize is that we are trying to roll off the couch, and our Heavenly Father, Who loves us so much more than we love our children, won't let us. He is keeping us from hurting ourselves; we just can't see the whole situation.

"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" Matthew 6:11