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You Are In Control of Your Atmosphere

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Life leaves us the most beautiful lessons through our relationships (good or bad). I often believe that it is one of God’s ways of communicating things to us that we would not have realized other wise(good or bad). I have learned a lot about myself in raising my son so far and I know that its just the beginning of the rack of lessons that I am going to continue to learn. More recently, I have learned how much I truly value my relationship with God and how willing I am to strengthen that relationship.

This past Sunday morning, this little boy that we call Aaron-Ethan, woke up earlier than expected as I was about to open up my bible and my copy of “Today, I Will” devotional book by Danielle Lewis-Johnson. When I’m ready to spend quality time with my number #1, you don’t want to be a source of interruption. I love my son so much, but in the moment, I became incredibly angry because it is a time in my day that value so much. I find an indescribable peace in the Lord’s presence. The stage is set for my day and I become ready to take on whatever challenges come my way. My husband was in the bathroom, so relief in that moment was not an option and my mood for the day became a bit unpleasant.

Monday, I put Aaron down for a nap. I go on to do a few quick things and then sit down to spend time with the Lord. Guess who wakes up crying? In that moment, I remembered that on Sunday morning the same thing happened and how upset I became. I remembered how it  threw off my entire day because I was angry for the time that I considered to have been stolen away from me.

This time I took a different approach. I took one deep breath to suppress any potential frustration and began to speak. As I began to pray to God while listening to my son wail out of his sleep, I said Lord, show up in this time as I seek your face. Cause your peace and your calm to surround my child and bring comfort to him where he is sitting. He didn’t stop crying right then and there so I continued to pray and even test God saying, Lord if you are mighty as I know you to be show up now and bring peace and comfort to my son. Still, Aaron continued to cry. I then began to say, “thank you Lord for bringing him peace and comfort where he is that he will stop crying and find rest in your presence” and I subsequently continued in prayer to pray for whoever the Lord placed in my heart to pray for in that moment. As soon as I moved on in my prayer, so did Aaron move on from his crying. The silence that fell was so surreal.

I walked into the room to find that he returned to sleep. I knew this kid was still tired. His nap time was no where near complete–not according to my own selfish desires, but by the sound of his voice. If you know your babies, you know when they tired, hungry, thirsty, wet, dirty, uncomfortable by the sound of the voice before they can say a thing. I know we’ve all been there wishing they would sleep just a little bit longer. Fortunately, this was not one of those times.

I realized that the moment I started to thank God for what I prayed for, I activated my faith for what I prayed. I made a choice that changed the atmosphere. God knows how to change an atmosphere when we partner with him and take authority. I’ve said this in a previous post I titled, Ode to Mothers, but I will say it again with a bit of a disclaimer. God is involved in every area of your life if you allow him to be. Go with your instincts, in the deep crevices of your heart where God speaks and let him guide your behavior, your mood, your reactions, your atmosphere and your decisions.

Asking yourself, how do I thank God for something that hasn’t happened yet? Just saying “thank you God” is not enough, you have to thank him until you are one with that statement (if you are not already). The reason is not because it is some weird way to relate to God, not because he won’t do it unless you do it that way, but because you are a human being operating out of what you can physically see and making the transition to believing what you cannot yet see takes practice, repetition and ultimately trust. Like I touched on in my post titled, Faith, What Do You Believe In, you have to convicted in what you are saying. Simply saying it is not enough unless you are convinced that God already did what you asked for as you are saying it.  

Looking forward to the next lesson

Wife to an amazing husband, mother to an exploring toddler and an MPA graduate aspiring to impact the world with encouragement in mothering and in social entrepreneurship.

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