“Numbering the People”
One very busy mom once said, “I just can’t count how many times I get up with the children” Meaning not that she couldn’t count that far, but that if she let herself count she would feel worse that whole day.
Yeah, it happens that way . . . The best way to deal with it is to bounce out of bed cheerfully! I’ve done it both ways and the “counting” thing just gets one worked up in a bad frame of mind to start the day.
Each time I get to choose how I will respond . . . and lets just say that I’ve had PLENTY of opportunites to respong right the last few weeks with Wayne teething some more and with the colds going around.
“And David’s heart smote him after he numbered the people . . .”
II Samuel 24:10
. . . Not that it is a sin, but that it’s easier just to accept the trials that God allows to reach us in the night.
“This too shall pass.”