The last few nights have been long ones…  My daughter has had a viral throat infection (meaning there isn’t anything we can do, it has to run it’s course).  Awesome. Needless to say, bed time has been a bit stressful.  She’s been way fussy and really having a hard time going to sleep.

A few nights ago, I had finished giving her a bottle and I was holding her trying to coax her to sleep. I also had the TV on and watching something at the same time.  It was more of a distraction from the crying than anything, but after about an hour of crying I was getting majorly frustrated. I was frustrated because I couldn’t fix it. I was frustrated because she was crying in my ear. I was frustrated because she kept reaching up and grabbing my face, pulling my hair and hitting. I was ignoring it, hoping she would soon stop but I was beginning to lose my cool.

At one point I looked down and made eye contact with her. She stopped crying. I looked back up and she started again. I looked down… No crying.  It was then that I realized what she was trying to tell me. She wasn’t crying because she felt bad, or because something hurt. She just wanted me to look at her. As I stared into those pretty little blue eyes I was reminded of God’s desire for us. Sometimes God just wants us to look at Him. He wants us to turn off the distractions, forget the surroundings and just look at Him.

She was asleep. She was asleep before I could even complete the thought. That night we both slept in peace.

When was the last time you just stopped and looked at Him?