I strongly felt that my husband, Rene, and I would only grow stronger in our relationship together if we served together. Unfortunately, that's difficult to do when you have two little kids to find a babysitter for so that you can go serve! But, being the tenacious person that I am, I pushed and we worked it out. Ta Da! We are leading a Biblical finance class and I couldn't be more excited. ...
Except that it is a lot of work to lead! Why didn't someone tell me that before? I thought it was a lot of work to be LED.
So my responsibilities today (outside of 'home engineer' which is what Rene thinks I should call myself as a stay-at-home mom) is to make a connection with everyone on our class list, encourage them, touch base and see if they have any questions before our first class on Saturday. As I pick up the phone to call the first number, the phone rings. This poor lady calls me frantic that she has to drop out of class. (She doesn't know that I was about to call her and offer some encouragement. The Lord totally provided on that one because an out-of-the-blue phone call to me does not always catch me in the right frame of mind to be the encourager.) Her life is beyond difficult at this point and although she suggests that the class would be helpful, she felt strongly that her priorities needed to be with a crisis family situation. I understood and supported her decision.
The ugly: In the midst of this phone call, where a near stranger is confiding in me her life difficulties, my two daughters are needing attention. Mia is pulling on my leg and talking to me about dolls and bottles, books and necklaces, pretend movies, princesses, and horses. I keep nodding at her and mouthing to her: 'Go play in the toy room'. My Eva.... oh my Eva... She is potty training. Would you believe that I've put her on the toilet likely over 100 times and she has never actually used it? She sits but doesn't 'go'. ...
Until today. ...
While I'm on the phone!
I'm desperately trying to give my caller the attention she needs. I feel like it is wise to pray with her right now on the phone because I'm not sure when I could check in on her again. In the midst of prayer, Eva calls my name. She has run to the small toilet that I have sitting out for easy access and sat to use the potty! However, she forgot to pull down her underwear. Ugh. Wet undies. She is crying. I take off her damp clothes (mid prayer!) and the cries get louder... she needs new underwear and not just any underwear... Hello Kitty underwear! This poor caller must have thought it was MY life that had crisis!
The call ended and I laughed. You have to. You have to see how God humbles us, especially in the midst of leadership, to learn how to follow Him. Would I have felt confident taking that phone call even had I known it was coming and the kids were asleep? Nope. So why not just trust and obey?
Though my caller was not able to attend this session of classes, she was very thankful for the call and the prayer. I hope that it was able to encourage and minister to her and maybe I'll get the chance to share with her how, in the midst of it, I was learning how to be led.
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