All's Well

Sometimes life can get pretty confusing and we get caught up in a web of bad turns.  Before you know it you are backed into a corner and it seems like you have no place to turn to.  Often when we look back we can see where things went wrong.  Invariably we all have a choice which way we will turn.  

One of my sons came to a point of decision one summer day when all of his friends went for a walk.  Many of them went without permission.  My son decided to come home and ask if he could go.  

I felt a nudge from the Spirit and turned to God, I immediately felt like God was shouting “NO”.  I was convinced and I told my son he could not go.  My son was crushed and felt like I was being unfair.  He told me he felt like I didn’t trust him.  I explained to him it had nothing to do with my trusting him.  It had everything to do with a nudge I got from the Spirit (it was kind of like a resounding ringing in my ears followed by an immediate upset stomach).  Because of the nudge, I turned to God and asked if I made the right decision.  The answer was no and then I had a sense of peace.

 

My son was mad at me that whole day and he kept talking about what his friends were doing.  Little did he know at the time they had been picked up by the county sheriff for vandalizing a vacant house. All of their parents were called and the parents had to face the consequences with the boys.  The boys, with their parents had to pay for the damages and the boys (with their parents watching them) had to do community service time.  

We don’t always get confirmation as quickly as my son and I received that day.  My son looked at me and said, “boy, am I glad you told me no.”

Turning to God and listening makes all the difference.  That day for my son all was well and it did end well.  And, by the way, his friends did not vandalize any more houses, so it turned out to be a good lesson for them.  My son continued his friendship with a few of the boys and the next time I said NO, he didn’t argue.  Hummm…All IS well.