My husband and I have tried for a while to help our middle child stop wetting the bed at night, but to no avail. We have tried not giving her liquids after six (which is almost impossible since we both work till six each night!). I have tried waking her up a couple of times a night to have her go, yet somehow she is still wet in the morning and this just leaves me exhausted. We let her wear pullups for a while, but have stopped doing that in hopes that if she feels wet in her bed she will get up and go. This has not worked either, since she is a very sound sleeper she sleeps through it all. Do you know that the chore of changing sheets and washing them everday gets really old, really quick??? Can anyone relate?? Anyone in charge of laundry or dishes surely can. I am really lucky however that she has a set of bunk beds, so she has a double set of all bedding so the top bunk remains unmade while the bottom bunk gets changed everyday. It was one of these mornings, when I called her to the laundry room once again to trade her dirty sheets and comforter for the clean ones that I had just removed from the dryer that God spoke to me. In my Christian walk how many times do I do this to Him? I go to his throne of grace and mercy and ask to trade my dirty sheets for clean ones. Sheets that are only cleanesed through His precious sons' own blood. His response to me is "I love you and here is your clean slate of forgiveness, your new sheets, to start over. Could he possibly be thinking as I do about my daughter? "You are getting old enough to know better. When are you going to quit doing this? Surely you have matured beyond this point, yet here you are again, asking the same things as yesterday." I am truly greatful that he has provided me with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to help to convict and guide me. The more time I spend in his Word and under his Spirit the more mature I become in my Christian walk. My actions become more and more like him and less like my sinful nature.
Lamentations 3.22-23-"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not, They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness."
I Corinthians 3:2- "I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able."
Thank goodness for his daily dose of mercy and grace or I would be sleeping in one stinky bed.?
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Awesome analogy girlie!! Thanks for the good read! Amy Williamson
ReplyDeleteKatrina, reading this really bless me; because I was dealing with one of my children on a subject that I keep having to tell them the same thing over and over. I got upset with them today for not following instructions. This issue with your child's bed wetting and what God must think of us really made me think.
ReplyDeleteAs usual you are right on it....
Girl, keep up the great work you're doing for God....
God Speed,
Yours sister in Christ,
Kathie L Ebron