Today my daughter was sick. She wasn’t just overly tired. She didn’t have the usual gas problem. This time she had a fever and
congestion. Her cry and coughs
sounded horrible. When my wife
took her to the doctor, she was running a small fever of 100.4 and they said
she had some kind of virus. Along
with their diagnosis came a prescription.
At five months old, my daughter has
officially faced her first trouble in the world. She has officially faced her first negative effect of our
fallen world. When we gave her the
first dose of medication my wife and I had the routine thoughts of new parents:
“is this too much?” “Doesn’t this look like more than ½ a teaspoon?" “I
hope there are no side effects!”
“It says dizziness is a side effect, how will we know if she is
dizzy?” Despite all these thoughts
and concerns we gave her the medication.
Now she is fast asleep on the couch.
This was such a minor episode and I
already wonder how God handles seeing his children in pain. I wish so badly I could take away her
pain. I wish so badly that she
would have a perfect day everyday.
God must wish the same for us.
“Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy
burdens, and I will give you rest” (NLT Matt. 11.28). It does pain God when we suffer, why else would He send His
son to die for us? In God’s love
for us he brings peace and restoration.
My daughter trusted us and took her medication; do we trust our Father?
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