When you first become a family, it is hard. So hard. And everybody tells you, it gets easier with time. And they are right. It does. Amazingly. Little by little. Sometimes the changes are so little they go unnoticed till they build up into bigger, more obvious changes that baffle you and leave you speechless.
I am like most human beings though - impatient! When things are tough, or uncomfortable, or painful I want it better now! Waiting is one of the things I'm worst at.
I can recall having my cousin and his wife in town visiting last spring. One of our children had a melt down one evening, and my cousin and his wife were there to witness it. It meant so much to me for them to simply say, "Wow. This is hard. And I have no idea what I would do if I were in your shoes. You guys are doing a really great job. I think time is what will help change things. Time for them to see you're not going anywhere."
My cousin was right. There must be an assurance that comes with time. With simply repeating routines, knowing what's coming, and knowing what will never go away - family. Time makes things more comfortable. More familiar. More secure.
Time teaches. Oh, what we have all learned in the past 16 months. Thank you, Lord for using time to teach us all!
Time doesn't erase. And time can seem so slow sometimes. Sometimes some things take more time than others. Nobody in our family is who we were 16 months ago, or 12 months ago, or even 8 or 9 months ago. Hallelujah!
Our God is good. Faithful. And sometimes He just needs us to wait... and give it more time.
"God makes everything happen at the right time. Yet none of us can ever fully understand all he has done, and he puts questions in our minds about the past and the future." Ecc 3:11
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