WHAT AM I RELAXING FOR?

I thought hard about this before posting it...

I decided to have an early break from work last week so I could participate in the little church decor we decided to take on in-house.

I also wanted to fulfil my promise of taking the girls out before returning to school this week.

So my wife planned everything without letting the girls know.

She booked cinema for 3. Odeon Relax and Recline cinema! Perfect for me as I could continue my sleep mode there.

One thing we did not do was give them full details of where we were taking them to. We didn’t want them to get too excited.

Unfortunately for me, their excitement to know where we were heading forced it out of my mouth.

“We are going to the cinema” I said.

One: Yeeeeeh.

The other: What? Why?

“You are going to enjoy this girls. Relax and Recline sofa. Just make sure you don’t sleep off”.

One: Thank you daddy, thank you. We are going to enjoy this.

The Other: No I am not. What am I relaxing for? I thought we were going to Monster Kidz. I thought we were going to have fun at monst.....

“Will you shut up your monster kidz mouth?

Do you know what I sacrificed or put aside to make this day out with you?

Do you know how much we are paying for this treat you just wrote off like that?

Do you know Monster kidz fee is nothing compared to what......” the rest just hung there....

What hit me at that moment was their silence out of fear and the booming echo of my own voice. I heard my own voice and it wasn’t nice.

But I heard something better after shutting up...”HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I MOVED THE MOUNTAINS TO DO BETTER THINGS FOR YOU BUT WHICH WENT UNAPPRECIATED BECAUSE YOU WERE EXPECTING SOMETHING DIFFERENT?”

I went silent for a while before saying...”I can never understand”.

“EXACTLY. SHE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND”.

She will never understand what we let go or put in place to give her what we thought was pricier and better. She will never understand at all.

To her, it was Monster Kidz or nothing. To us, it was a VIP comfort bought at a significant price and efforts.

Anyways, yesterday in church, I reminded the children of God just after testimonies were shared of the importance of thanking God for what He has done for us so far even if we have not received what we obviously prayed for.

Even for Jesus to be hung the cross, we will never understand or know the strategic efforts and plans put in place by God through the ages until all climaxed at Calvary.

I don’t want to think of the many battles He fought for me without my knowledge, or the many evils he swept aside while I slept away! All I can I say is thanks be The Lord for the many things He did for me which I cannot comprehend or fathom.