My daughter has a huge independent streak. Which is a good thing. Sometimes.
It is just that she attempts to do things she cannot do on her own yet. And it gets her into trouble time and time again.
Yesterday, I was completely exasperated and heard myself asking her the oft-repeated question: "Why didn't you ask Mommy for help?" Suddenly I heard myself and realized that God asks me a similar question frequently: "Why didn't you ask Me for help?"
I hope I can help my children learn self-control among other things. But the most important thing I want them to know is that they are sinners and they can't save themselves. I want them to learn to love God and to know where to turn when they come upon the ugly reality of their sin nature. I hope they don't have to fall too hard. But most important is that they learn to ask Him for help. Just as I'm still learning to do.
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