#Day155: 4 June 2016, Saturday

I WANT TO SLEEP WITH MAMA

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
—Ephesians 6:4

It is not easy to be a parent. It is noble - Kwang

"I want to sleep with Mama", a normal request that were raise by either my son or my daughter to my wife.

It happened tonight, a usual thing during school holidays, we all sleep in a same room. But not tonight, I supposed to sleep at guest room (I slept at our guest room due to my feet situation which does not allow me to walk up and down the stairs for a time being)

After a while, something happened and somehow, one thing lead to another, my wife decided to discipline the kids and rejected their request.

"I want to sleep with Papa", is their next request. Yeah, I know they are smart.

Cuddling around me, I tried to talk to both of them about the important of grattitude, about how we are a team and have to act as a team. Every action that we decide need to reflect goodness for the team, the four of us. With the examples how mom always cook for four, about the work I do and benefit for four and all their requests and action need to bring goodness for four. Not one, not two, but four, as a team.

After a long talk, they seems to understand it and went to the bed room. But not long after, my daugther came back to the guest room and cry saying she wants to sleep with mom.

Like I said, being a parent is not easy. It is noble. Love conquers all and my wife decided to give way and sleep together with them.

This makes me wonder about how deep is Jesus love to the Church, to us. I can imagine that it is not easy to be Jesus.

He Tried to help and safe the people, yet being mocked, hated, misjudged, misunderstood, even losing his life for them, for all of us.

It is not easy. It is noble. No other greater love than this.

John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

I thank God for the incident. I thank God for my family. I thank God for my children, my work and my life. Ups and downs being a parents helps me to better understand the weight of His love to us.

He is our Father, Abba Father. Thank You God.

I hope one day we can tell Him "I want to sleep with You, in Your love, forever" :)

Another day full of blessing.

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