Lessons learned by our children...

Well, today was a hard day. We had to put our cat Smoke to sleep because he was really sick we found out yesterday. Riley wanted to go and be with Smoke while they gave him medicine to make him to go kitty heaven. She was such a good girl, and she misses him so much. I dreaded it all day long for sure. I was not sure how she would act. I thought it would be interesting and indeed it was, but in a good way.

We went to the vets office and Smoke had spent the night there. They brought him out to us so we could spend some time with him. We let Riley hold him first and she was really sad but happy at the same time. She new he would feel better with Jesus. She held him for the longest time. Then Keith, Ashley (my friend) and me got our times to hold him. Then we were taken in a room for a while. The vet went to give him a medicine. When he was brought back Riley shocked me with some things. She sat there like a big girl in a chair in the room and held Smoke like he was her child in a sense. She sat there and rocked him as he went to sleep. It was such a sweet moment to watch her react the way she did.

I took some pics of her doing that. I just had to capture the moment. While I watched her it reminded me of something she had said earlier in the day. She said Mom is Smoke going to go up to heaven and is Jesus going to hold Smoke and take care of him and make sure he is petted all the time. See that taught me that in a sense she cared more about him than what she was feeling at the time. As she sat there rocking Smoke I thought wow how much more does our heavenly father must love holding us when we need him. Just like Smoke felt safe and new that all was going to be ok in Rileys arms as she was rocking him, we need to have faith that God will do the same for his children in our lives. As Jesus is holding us we need to care about those around us more than ourselves. If we did that I wonder how powerful the move of God would really be.

My daughter amazes me at times. She is sad and says at times that she wants him back, but knows that she will see him again one day. So on this day just like my four year old did, dont let the pressures of life over take you. Just let Jesus rock you to sleep at ngiht when you cant stop crying, and carry you through all of the storms of life. We will be your rock if you will let him. My daugher has childlike faith in knowing Jesus will take care of her and Smoke, so why should we not have that same faith in our heavenly father and his love for us. God Bless.