Heavenly Father Doesn't Expect Us to Be Perfect Right Now

The other day I was watching Eli try to stand. He's just barely learning how to do it. Anyway, as all children do at his age, eventually Elijah feel down. This has happened many times, but this time Eli gave me the impression that he just wanted to cry out "Why can't I do this? I try and try and feel like I'm doing everything the same way as you are, but why doesn't it work out when I do it?" I didn't know how to explain to him that he is a child. That no one expects him to be able to walk right not, we just want him to keep trying and growing stronger. Every time he falls down, he learns a little more about how walking works, and every time he pulls himself back up again he learns even more. Like most parents, I helped him up again, and told him that it's alright, he'll get it.

Heavenly Father must see us much in the same way. We get so frustrated (I know I do) that we can't just seem to make things work out or do things as well as we would like to sometimes, but we aren't supposed to become perfect in a day. He just wants us to keep going and keep trying, and He'll guide us as we try to move forward. We need to keep trying things so that we can learn, but He will always be there to help us back to our feet and hold our fingers so that we can stand and try to learn how to walk.

God Cares Honestly, Whole-Heartedly, and Absolutely About Everything In Your Life

(Eli's first time climbing up the stairs)

Sometimes I think that I have a lot of worries. We all do. But I tell you this much, nothing going on with me is more important that what's going on with Elijah. I can be working on finances and stressing out about what does and doesn't add up and Josh and call me from the other room saying "Jenna, look what Eli's doing!" And, I'm telling you now, everything is gone, and all that I can see and care about is Eli learning to put the toy basketball in his hoop. Or Eli is laughing because Daddy is using his shoe to kill a spider. I don't even care that there was a spider on the wall anymore. Even if I feel really busy at home trying to keep up with the tasks that never quit, namely dishes and laundry, it's all over and doesn't matter anymore if I hear a little voice say "Mama."

Our Heavenly Father is perfect and capable of perfect love. He knows what's going on in our lives, and nothing can be more important than when His children need Him. It just makes a lot more sense to me now that even with wars and terrible things going on in the world, that Heavenly Father still cares that I need help. It still matters to Him that I can't quite organize my life yet, and that Josh has tests and we need help. It doesn't matter how great or small, if it matters to us, then it matters to Him, and He wants us to let Him be a part of it.