Since we have moved into our new house, Maddox has had a very hard time
falling asleep in his own bed. When we left Ponca he was still sleeping
in a crib and so we hadn't had to deal with him getting up and down in
the night. We also had done so well with a schedule with him that we
could simply place him in his crib at a set time with his bottle and
rarely would we even hear from him again until morning. Well, since we
moved to Mustang this is no longer the case! Just falling asleep can
take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours and it is a constant battle of
placing Maddox in his bed and him wandering out a few minutes later only
to place him back in his bed again and on and on. We continue this
process throughout the entire evening. Unfortunately, a lot of our bedtime
problems are probably my fault because on days when I'm just exhausted
by dinner and don't have the energy to fight Maddox through bedtime, I
will concede and hold him on the sofa and allow him to fall asleep in my
lap. This happens more often than not lately and one night as I was
holding Maddox trying to get him to fall asleep, the Lord spoke to me.
Lesson Learned? As I sat in the dark with my son in my lap, the Lord said "You are Maddox's constant". Everything else around him has changed. His home has changed, his bed has changed, his routine has changed but mommy has stayed the same. Maddox was clinging to something familiar, something soothing. He was clinging to the only constant in his life. This should be and can be the same in our walk with the Lord. Even at moments when it seems everything around is us crashing down and we don't recognize our surroundings and don't know if we can or even want to adjust we can always cling to our savior. He will always be there. When we need him most he will scoop us up, wipe our tears away and hold us on the sofa just stroking our hair and allowing us to doze off to sleep in a familiar place. No matter where you are in life and no matter if you are feeling comfortable right now, there will come a time when everything around you will be uprooted. Whether that means you are physically uprooted and moved to a new town where you must readjust or whether that means you have to learn a tough spiritual lesson and so feel out of place in your own skin, just know that in those moments that Lord has not changed. His word promises that he is the same yesterday, today and forever. He can and will ALWAYS be your constant and your comfort.
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