I let the kids stay up super late the night before half because we were at the church doing prep work till midnight and half because I was hoping they would sleep early the next night. Of course, last night came and no one wanted to go to bed so instead of being in the sanctuary with everyone I was stuck in the children's room yet again. We played, watched movies and read books from 9 till well after midnight with several bedtime attempts in between.
After a few bedtime attempts filled with tantrums and crying I began to realize I wasn't making it in and got frustrated. I was asking God why things always have to be so difficult and just working myself up. I then looked over at my babies and realized, these are the best times and I'm thankful for them.
There are many moms that have to go right back to work after having kids and someone else raises their kids. God has provided for us in an unusual way so that we are home with our children in these most important years. I am so grateful to have had those few hours last night with my kids even though I didn't get to go inside the sanctuary.
Sometime after midnight the kids finally feel asleep and thanks to the wonderful technology God has blessed us with I was able to access the playlist for the night. So I sat there in the dark children's room and had my own mini soaking session while the kids slept.
God is so good. Even when we think things aren't going right God has us right where we need to be!
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