Be With Me!

My kids always want my attention.

Dakota crys for a cuddle at crazy hours of the night.

Antigone wants me to read her a book, and another, and one more.

Miles, my most demanding one, wants everything. He talks non-stop, he wants me to explain everything, he wants to help with everything and he wants my help with everything.

Last night I’d had enough.   “Stop crying.   No.   No more games,  no more cuddles,  no more stories- it's bedtime.  No you can’t get into bed with me.  No, you don’t need me all the time.  Ask Dad...   Just leave me alone”

And when they finally did leave me alone,  I finally heard them.  “Love me mum,  help me,  show me, guide me,  comfort me,  I want to be with you mum,  BE with me!”

BE WITH ME

And I realized as much as their constant need for me annoys ME sometimes, it is exactly what God loves and wants in his children.

Unlike my kids with me, I DO need to be with God all the time, in everything and GOD always wants to be with me.

I desire that they also whom You gave Me may BE WITH ME where I am.   

    John 17:23                     

HE wants me to cry for him in the night,  to read His word again and again,  He wants me to talk to him about everything I do,  to listen to everything He says,  He wants to help me in everything,  to teach me and to guide me all day long!

God wants me to BE with him.


How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. 
                            Matthew 23:37

Remain in me, as I also remain in you.

                                                                                                  John 15:4

ALWAYS

I often notice that when I do something special with my children,  hoping to exchange it for a break,  it doesn’t satisfy their need to be with me.  In-fact- it makes it stronger,  they want more.  One book is never enough!  One song at bedtime is never enough!  One wizzy is never enough!

One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,   

 Psalm 27:4

And again that is what God wants from me.  He doesn’t want me to be satisfied with a little bit of bible reading every now and then,  he doesn’t want me to be satisfied with a quick prayer when I’m at the end of my patience.   He wants me to be with him always.


The more time I spend with Him,  the more I’ll want to be with Him,  the more I’ll realise my need to be with Him,  the more I’ll see His great love for me.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.

 Psalm 23:6                                           

And when I come to him like a little child, He won’t turn me away

Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.                                                                                                                 Matthew 19:14

At night his song is with me (Psalm 42:8),  His right hand will hold me (Psalm 139:10)  and though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me. (Psalm 27:10)  He will comfort me.(Psalm 23:4)  He will be my Everlasting Father (Isaiah 9:6)

He promises to BE with me always.

I am with you always, even to the end of the age.     
                                                                  Matthew 28:20

NOTE: For all you Mums out there, who often feel like you need a break. Its not always wrong of us. As Miles reminded me when i told him about this post "Yeah mum, but you're not God".
Although we should be there when our children need us, our children also need to learn to ultimatly rely on God in the same way we need to learn it.