Weaning

As Jed is weaning himself with a little help from mom I can’t help but notice the similarities between us being weaned from something by the Lord and babies weaning.

Jed is ready in many ways to move on to other things for comfort and sustenance but he clings to the habit of nursing. Sometimes out of habit, sometimes because it brings him comfort and sometimes out of just sure stubbornness. Sound familiar? It sure does to me.

I can’t tell you the number of things I have known it was time to give up and just won’t do it. Maybe it is a friendship, maybe a habit, maybe a material item or way of thinking but I just don’t want to let go. Sometimes it is plain and simply because I don’t want to, other times it is because I don’t see the big picture and don’t realize things will be better if I let go.

As my pregnancy grows and things change he dislikes nursing more and more but is still afraid to let go completely. He is learning to take comfort in just being held, in quieting himself in my arms at night, but it is hard.

Today, let me let go of some things it is time for me to be weaned from. Let me trust the Lord that He knows what is best and I will benefit from letting go.

Psalm 131:2 2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Blessings,

Carri