You can't always absorb everything at once

Sometimes I get frustrated because I can't know and can't understand everything at once. But then one day I was thinking about Eli eating. Right now all he can eat is mushy baby food. He's been working on teeth, but he still has nothing to really chew with. His food has no seasoning, because these plain flavors are still all new to him, and the seasons would probably just bother his tummy. Though this is true, it doesn't mean that Eli doesn't think he wants everything on all of our plates at dinner. Sometimes he gets mad because there really aren't a lot of things that he can feed himself right now.

Anyway, my point is, we are the same way. Heavenly Father wants to feed us the best things for us. Even though I want everything on the table right now, I'm not ready for it. On some topics I'm still barely able to handle drinking information like milk from a bottle without spitting it up. The more I learn about somethings the more I can understand, kind of like how Eli can move on to thicker more flavorful foods.

And just like I have a hard time telling Eli that he can't eat steak yet, Heavenly Father sometimes has a hard time explaining to me why I can't know somethings sometimes. It's just because He loves me enough to give me what I need and not what I think I want.

We have to struggle to learn

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Right now Eli can roll over from his tummy to his back, mostly over his right side. When we play on the floor, I put some of his toys out of his easy reach. This way he has to twist and turn and use his muscles to get to the toys. It's hard to watch him struggle. It would be easy for me to just hand him everything that he wants, and sometimes thinks he needs, but then he'd never grow stronger. He needs to work at reaching and moving and trying new things, or he won't gain the muscles he needs to be able to roll from his back to his tummy and crawl.

The same goes for us. God could give us anything at anytime (he is all-powerful after all). However, if he did, then we would lose out on important lessons. We would never learn and grow in very important ways. Just like with Eli and I, sometimes we struggle and struggle only to have what we wanted in essence handed to us in the end because we just couldn't quite reach it on our own. Either way, I guess my point is, I am grateful that we are not just given everything that we want, and that we have to struggle for it. I just hope that I can remember that next time I'm getting frustrated :-)

Sometimes you just need to take a nap!

Anyone who has been around a tired baby knows that sometimes they are fighting the best thing for them! They're tired, disoriented, and don't understand why it is that they don't feel good. All they need to stop for a moment and relax. I think a lot of the time we are the same way. We get all worried and worked up and forget to trust our Heavenly Father. God knows what's going on in our lives, and most of the time we just need to stop and relax for a minute. If we take time to pray and ponder, then He will tell us what we need to do.

What you should know about me first

Before this blog will make sense, you have to understand something of my views on God. He is our Heavenly Father, the literal father of our spirits. I decided to start this blog, because as a new parent, I started to learn more things about my relationship with my Heavenly Father. He's a perfect parent, but even in my imperfection, I believe I am coming to understand more about God's love for me.