Softball with Alexa is absolutely killing me. I can't take much more of the constant fixing and re-fixing of throwing mechanics, hitting mechanics, fielding, running, mindset it's all too much for me. We go to the park early Saturday morning and throw everything we worked on all week is erased. We hit, everything we worked on all week is gone, it's as if she is starting over again every time we do anything with the softball. It is so frustrating, she does not have softball iq, she just doesn't get it and she doesn't understand why I am so frustrated by that. I teach her things that no other 9 year old is learning about the game, I am teaching her things that should give her an advantage. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! That is only a small portion of the frustration I am feeling, it leaves me borderline depressed some times.
Then, I think about God, how He has done so much for me and how frustrating of a creation I must be for Him. For years now He has sat waiting for me to come to Him early in the morning, yet only in the past 3 years have I truly perfected that. For years He sat waiting for me to pray to Him for His guidance in all my conversations and endeavors for the day. He must feel 100 times more frustrated with me than I do with Alexa.
Luke 11:13 "If you then, though you are evil, now know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him."
We know how to give all that we have to our children, so that they can be successful. We work hard at it, I at times have to calm myself down because I am eating, drinking and sleeping softball. It's oozing out of me to the point of needing to chill out for a day or two. All because I want her to be the best she possibly can, because I have all this information, and all these easy to access abilities to give to her. God wants to see us prosper, He wants to see our endeavors make a kingdom impact, and He waits for us to let Him do so.
So remember those days of teaching whatever it was to your kid that frustrated you as a parent, take that multiply it by about a thousand, and you have about 10% of the frustration God must feel when we don't engage in the Holy Spirit's power in our lives.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
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