this morning, everyone else went on to fellowship…except for that littlest little man and me…
he’s been struggling so much as of late…trying to decide whether or not he can truly trust his daddy and me…
to trust that our will for him is good…is best…
and all he need do is obey…
so there’s been lots of hot, angry tears…and lots of “no!” screamed from him…
and lots of (sometimes) weary-and-tired-of-sticking-to-it discipline from his daddy and me…
poor little man…
and this sweet little song from my sunday school days keeps coming back to me…
a little song sung so often when i was his age…
“trust and obey…for there’s no other way…
to be happy in Jesus…but to trust and obey.”
how essential that is! for him…and for me!
this lesson never entirely learned!
this same lesson that He is so often…and faithfully…working out in me…and disciplining me through!
that He can be trusted! that His will is good…and best!
that all i need do…is to just let go…
to just abide…
to just surrender my will to His…
to simply trust and obey…
– our dear “teacher dorothy”…who taught so many wonderful hidden-way-down-deep-in-my-heart songs to me! (circa 1979)
