To Protect ... or be still?

To protect ... or be still? That's a question that perhaps should be asked and have an answer in place before you actually need it.  However, there are times when circumstances arise and you just have to go with what you feel is best at the time.  I think if you are focused on the things of God and in tune to how He wants you to live I believe you will still react out of love, as He would.

We ran into a situation recently.  My eighteen year old needed me (that in itself caused my heart to soar) and I had to quickly ask myself the question "Do I protect her?"  "Do I let her handle the situation in her own way?" "Do I just be still?"  Soon she will be leaving my home to go to college.  I have been assured that she will be calling me to ask my opinions and seek my advice.  I know the calls will likely dwindle as she spreads her wings and gains confidence but during this situation, she was still my little girl and she needed her mother.  

Although she was raised knowing about Jesus and how to react, she knows how to handle herself and can be a little feisty.  Not a bad thing ... she thinks I'm too nice.  :)  Anyway, after hearing how she was going to respond, I felt that the best course of action was to deal with the situation in a proper, firm but loving way ... TOGETHER.  We mixed her feisty with my calm and together as a mother/daughter team we stood united.

As most things in this world, it didn't end in the most desirable outcome.  We still don't know what repercussions will develop from this situation.  What we do know, however, is that God will fight for us.  He is there for us and we know that we have each other.  She knows that her Mama loves her and will back her up, support her and protect her even if that means she has to dig deep for a little feisty.  She knows I will be there to hug her even when she doesn't want to be touched but I know she really needs it.  We know that we can respond in love, even when it's difficult.  We have no control over the reactions of anyone else ... we can only control how we respond.  

We didn't respond immediately either.  We took time to breathe, to discuss, to talk about how Jesus would want us to handle it, to calm ourselves so we could think more clearly...then we responded and knew we needed to simply 'be still'.  Haha, okay, I am not sure she feels that same way ~ yet...but the more she seeks God and can rest in Him, she will get there.  She amazes me every day.

Because You Loved Me 

A Mother's Love

Until next time ... take time to breathe, pray and think ... then respond with love