“Because human anger does not produce the righteousness
that God desires." - James 1:20
Few days back on a
particular day I returned home so tired after my work hours. I desperately wanted
to sleep. My little daughter always plays for sometime in the bedroom before
she sleeps. Everyday my wife sits patiently and tries her best to make her
sleep.
On that day since I
was so tired I went to the bed and slept immediately. On my side my daughter
was playing and as my wife was also tired she was forcing our daughter to come
to her. But my daughter got annoyed and was crying. One side my wife was
speaking loudly and other side my daughter was shouting. It disturbed me a lot
but yet I could not open my eyes at all.
This continued for
some time and at one point of time I woke up. On that moment I didn’t get any
anger but was greatly irritated by the behaviour of my daughter. I was not
angry but was irritated and so I stood up with so much of irritation upon my
daughter in my heart and said something to myself.
From the day God has
blessed me with my daughter I had never got such irritation but for the first
time I got irritated. As I stood up from my bed and took one step, God spoke to
me through Holy Spirit in a gentle tough voice. He said, “How you could feel irritated
upon the blessing that I gave you through my grace?”
On that day I had not
shown my irritation by means of words or action to my little daughter. I felt
irritated. That’s it. I stood up and walked with irritation but Holy Spirit
told me to ask God’s forgiveness because I had got irritated upon my daughter
who is a greatest blessing given by God to me. Holy Spirit continued to speak
saying you had got irritated upon God’s blessing which was actually longed by
so many people on this world but yet some could not get that blessing. I felt
so bad about my behaviour and asked God to forgive me.
My dear young friends,
many out there around you is longing for a child. Some are longing for years
but yet they could not get one. But God has graciously given you a child and
today God wants me to tell you that you should not get irritated upon your
child. Your child is a greatest blessing given by God to you and you should not
get angry upon His blessing.
Sometimes your child
will disturb your sleep or work or routine. Sometimes your child will take
his/her own time to learn and understand things. Sometimes your child will not behave
as you expect. You have the right to correct your child if he/she goes in a
wrong way but you should not show your anger or irritation upon your child
unnecessarily.
On that night my
daughter took some time to sleep. Being a father can I ask her to sleep
immediately when she didn’t get sleep? I can’t expect her and force her in that
way but yet I got irritated because I felt she was disturbing my sleep. But God
strictly told me that I was wrong.
My dear young friends,
raise your child in God’s way and in the way God expect you to raise them. Do
not feel irritated at any time because the blessing you have in your hand was
given by God to you. Be grateful to God for His blessing and do His will. God
will pour out His grace upon you and lead you.
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