Bathtime

My two year old son had just gotten up from a nap and it was time for him to take a bath. I ran his bathwater and took him into the bathroom. When he saw the bath ready for him he said, “No mama.”

“Yep, it's time for a bath.” I said.

“No mama!” this time with a little more desperation.

“You'll be okay.” I said and started taking off his clothes. Then he just repeated, “No mama!” over and over getting louder the closer he got to getting in the tub. I put him in the bath anyway. He wouldn't sit down but stood as close to me as he could crying. He wasn't scared, he just was mad that he was taking a bath. I went ahead and washed his little body. When I got his hair wet he got even more upset. He would scream once in a while and cried harder. I quickly washed the hair on my uncooperative toddler and got him out of the tub. I wrapped him in a towel and held him for awhile to get him to calm down before dressing him.

 

Normally he likes his baths but for some reason today he didn't want one. Being the parent, I knew he needed one anyway. It made me think how we can be sometimes when God wants to clean us up. He wants to work on some area of our life but we say “No daddy!” Sometimes God cleans us up anyway because He knows we stink and He loves us to much to leave us like that. On our own we will stink at doing things right. With the cleansing blood of Christ though, we are made new and a beautiful fragrance to the Lord. Though we can be like a resistant toddler, our Heavenly Father cleans us up and holds us. We just need to trust Him. Trust that what He is doing is best for us. Trust that He loves us and allow Him to move us according to His perfect will. Whenever we fight God, it only makes things harder for ourselves. Let go and let God do what He is trying to do in your life. Even if you think that cleansing water feels like a cold place to be, God's will is best. He loves us and His plans are not to harm us but to give us life and freedom.