19/365...2011 Greater Things...

This morning as I was driving Savannah to preschool I heard the most beautiful some on KLove radio.  The words were : "greater things are yet to come, greater things are still to be done". It really got me to thinking.  No matter how tough days we have, there is always someone else who is having a tougher day.  When we have what we think is the best day of our life, someone else is always having their worst.  God knows the plans He has for us.  We have to keep our head up and do the best we can.

Nine days ago we had a tough night with Savannah and her "poopy" training issue.  She had been potty trained for going pee pee for 10 months.  The day after this tough night, I broke thru that wall.  She has not only went poopy in the potty since.  Sure, she held it for 2 days and nothing happened.  She took enough pedialax that she was bound to have to go poopy!  When she told me she was ready, there was not a happier Mom in this neighborhood, and she knew it!  I am trying really hard to do more positive reinforcement.  Ever since that experience she has "taken care of business" like a big girl.  On Monday I went out for a while and when I returned, Eric told me she went by herself and then yelled for him to come check it out.  When I bragged to her, she said "Mom, its no big deal"!  Yes to most people its no big deal. To a Momma who has fought this battle for at least the past 6 months, it is a very big deal!

Today was Savannah's first day back at preschool since the big day and she had to tell everyone! We continued to have a great day.  I did nothing different from any other day.  At least 3 times this afternoon I was told what an awesome and sweet Momma I was.  I decided not to fight the issue tonight over if I put her to bed or if she needed to wait to see Eric.  The night was nice and calm.  She asked if I would make a fire in the fireplace while she had her bath.  We had played in the yard and on the trampoline and were a bit cold.  We had dinner by the fire and laughed and giggled.  She watched TV in our bedroom while I cleaned the kitchen.  When Eric came home from his dinner meeting, she ran out and told her Daddy she and her Mommy had a great day!  She still needed her one on one Daddy time to go snuggle with her.  That's fine, I know she loves her Daddy and he loves her very much.  I need to accept that this is a "good thing" and not fight it. 

Yes , today I did nothing different from any other day. It's just all part of God's plan that I will never quiet understand.  I just have to trust and treat every day as a new day that God has given us.

This morning I read on Kay Arthur - Christian writer's facebook page : "

Kay Arthur

When God is our focus, everything else - including self- has to take a back seat. He is the only One we have to please. Isn't that refreshing? We don't have to be afraid that such an attitude will make us hard or unloving or uncaring. What God works out in our lives will reflect His character, His likeness... His imprint. Read Psalm 73:25

How refreshing it is to know that God is the only one I have to please.  When I please Him and seek His will, the greater good will be done for everyone around me.

Psalm 73:25-26 (New International Version, ©2010)

²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but you?
   And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
²⁶ My flesh and my heart may fail,
   but God is the strength of my heart
   and my portion forever.