Big Girls Don't Whine

I am finally doing what it seems most everyone else is already doing-I'm publishing my thoughts for the world to see. OK maybe only a few people will actually see them but it is nonetheless a scary notion. Prior today I wondered what would inspire someone to do such a thing. My thoughts never seem intriguing to me and seldom are insightful but they are mine and I suppose I should take ownership of them.
As my daughter screamed for my husband from her crib this morning I was just thinking about how much my life has changed over the last several months. Now let me first say as I heard her tiny little voice grow stronger with irritation I reasoned with myself that she was calling my husband because she didn't know that I was still in the house. Since he is responsible for getting her to our Care Provider every morning it's natural that she would call for him. At least that was the reasoning swarming around my brain by the time I got in the car to head to work. I started feeling uncomfortable because I wasn't sure why I even needed to develop a reason why she was calling for my husband. Don't get me wrong I absolutely want her to have healthy relationships with others and am grateful that she is so endeared to her daddy. However, I am still a little taken back at her audacity to choose him over me, which happens often. As I drove in I asked the Lord to take what seems stupid and insignificant and keep it from developing a stronghold in my mind. I felt a reassuring presence of His Spirit and a word to heed regarding my own choices. I felt the Spirit urging me to make sure that I chose the Lord today. So, as I entered the building I vowed to choose to honor God in my conversations, decisions, and deeds today. My daughter often has the choice of having one of two loving parents assist her and I am often faced with the choice of calling on my lovingly Heavenly Father or yielding to the ways of a deceptive Satan to have my needs met. What kind of choices have you had to make today?