Come to Daddy!

Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Yesterday we were running errands in town and we took our four-year-old, Elianna, to a toy store she loves to visit. We usually don’t buy much (just playing with the toys there is great fun for her) but this time, unbeknownst to Elianna, we were planning to buy her a little kitchen set because she loves to pretend cooking.

While we were researching prices, Elianna wandered away from us, something she knows she’s not allowed to do. When I looked up and didn’t see her, I called her name. “Elianna!” No answer — another no-no.

Finally, I saw her playing a couple of aisles down and I called her name again. Elianna looked up and around but then continued to play.

We were really disappointed. We really wanted to bless Elianna with this one toy, (which was even on sale for a great price) but we just couldn’t bring ourselves to do it. Elianna knowingly disobeyed us twice, and rewarding this behavior just wouldn’t be a good thing to do.

That got me thinking about how much the Lord must want to bless us and give us good gifts – gifts we know nothing about. But I don’t think He can give them when we continually disobey. Uggh.

Let’s begin setting our minds on being obedient to God today. He has such great gifts he wants to pour upon us. There’s so much work to be done!