Shhh

Last night I went up stairs to put Eli to bed. Every night we generally have the same bedtime routine. We go upstairs get a diaper change, brush his teeth, get pajamas on, read from his Bible story book, say a prayer, then I place him in bed for the night. However, last night I was exhausted. I wanted to skip the majority of his bedtime routine and just put him down for the night.

As soon as we went upstairs he kept asking "Read Bible, read Bible, read Bible?" And I just kept gathering his blanket and pillow and exclaiming "No, we are just going to pray and go night night". We went back and forth about this for a good 20 seconds. Finally he just looked at me and started patting my chest firmly and said "Mommy, mommy, mommy". I stopped talking, looked at him, he looked at me straight in the eyes and said "Mommy...SHHH... read Bible". How could I say no to that?! So, we read three stories from his Bible book.

Sometimes I feel this is the story of my life. I'm always concerned with getting to the next step of life or just through the next step of the day. When really, all I need to do is sit down, "shhh", and listen to the Lord. Spend time meditating over him. When I actually sit down and take the time to listen to Him, it's amazing. An overwhelming peace falls over me. Suddenly my priorities are put back into place. I immediately lose all anxiety and worries and trust in the fact that if I am faithful to the Lord then my concerns will all be handled. We have such a short time on this earth. When I think about being at the end of my road here, I don't want to look back and see how I spent so much time worrying about money, houses, cars, or anything else that made my life seem perfect. I want to look back and say "I was a blessed woman. The Lord gave me a faithful, amazing, God fearing husband. I spent my every day introducing my children to Christ. They have sound character, pure hearts, logical minds, and love the Lord above any earthly possession or person." This is what I want to say I accomplished at the end of my life on this earth. So... last night, my two year old son taught me to sit still and be with him and the Lord. I pray my every day here will be filled with shhh moments.

Do you have enough Shhh moments?