Peace: Micha 5:5

He will be our peace.

Micha 5:5

Last week as I cleaned downstairs in the evening I heard the putter patter of little feet. Someone was out of bed. I walked upstairs to find that my smart little monkeys had figured out the code to unlock my medicine cabinet where I keep all sorts of items out of their reach. Shane had Chapstick all over his face, Keith was covered head to toe in lotion, and my heart stopped as I saw my husband Brian's pill box on the counter with not only today's compartment missing but an additional one open and all the pills were gone. Staying calm I inquired if anyone had eaten and little snacks and Keith announced he had eaten daddy's "pillows" and a tube of Chapstick with pride. I had no clue what was in the pill box and Brian was at work. Sigh. I looked up poison controls number and quickly called Brian as my heart raced and I admit, I fought a few tears back as I spoke to a kind woman about what my son had ingested. 

There are moments in life that give rise to our emotion. I felt fear, frustration, confusion, and panic knowing Keith may need to be whisked away to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. Rightly so, those emotions are there but I found the following days I was on edge worrying that the boys were out of bed popping pills and concerned I would need to call poison control again and be ill. However, it was not until another friend let me know her son had chocked and she called 911 the following day that I was reminded that God bring peace. I prayed that day over my friend and myself, that God would calm our hearts and allow us to feel a calmness and assurance in bedtime and mealtime again. I forget in my business as a mother that God has the power to calm my heart if I ask. What a powerful God we serve.

Dear God, some days parenting my children can bring worry and anxiety. I dwell on what could go wrong instead of leaning on you. Help me to call on your promises. Be my peace so I can be the mother you have called me to be for my children. I ask that worry and anxiety don't overcome me and that I may feel a calmness as I go about my work.

Amen.