First the photos:
I also wanted to talk a little about allergy shots. My son has pretty serious
seasonal allergies. He doesn’t struggle
as much as some children that I know, but it impacts his life. In the spring, he takes four different allergy
medicines plus eye drops. Some of the
medicines that he needs affect his mood and make him more likely to cry. So because of all that, we started allergy
shots this past week. And it’s been a
lesson for me about God. My son DOES NOT
want to get shots. So he tried to
convince me that “he likes his allergies,” “he likes taking medicine,” “he is
fine because he can breathe through his mouth.”
I told him that we are believing that God will use these shots to help
him get better. In 2-6 months, he should
no longer need allergy medicine. In 1-5
years, he won’t need the shots any longer and won’t be allergic to everything
that grows outside (OK, an exaggeration, but not much). He will be free from those allergies. Able to go outside without worrying that he
can’t breathe later or that we will have to ramp up his medicines because of
the season of the year. However, he
can’t trust that the shots will help. He
does not want to endure the pain, which is relatively short term, for future
freedom. And God showed me how I don’t
want to endure short term (in light of eternity) pain to be free. I say that I want to be free to live the life
that Jesus died to give me, but lots of times I complain about the pain that
comes. I ask God to take away the pain
and say that I am happy like I was – spiritually weak – instead of letting God
make me stronger. Truthfully, it isn’t
easy for me either to give my little boy shots that he hates. Starting today, I do the shots myself, but
God is using this situation, too, I’m sure!
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1 comment:
I have been intelligent for hours and I haven't gone through such awesome stuff. can-c
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