OVERLOAD AND TWO-YEAR-OLDS

Recently on a trip to Spokane I had the "unique opporunity" to lay down during every nap and bedtime with my Grant in order to get him to sleep. He's normally a handful but on a trip without his dad and his bed things get even harder. One night after he fell asleep I layed there and watched him for a little while. (Afterall, if I'd left too early he would have woken up and we'd have to start all over.) Why is it that kids look so wonderful when they're alseep? How could he look innocent after a long days work of causing so much trouble. Looking at his cute sleeping face I thought how nice it is that he's mine. Then I remebered that he's not really mine, just on loan from heaven for this lifetime. (I wish I could write this and not sound "cheesy" as my friend April would say.) It occurred to me that Heavenly Father also uses the Overload Principle (see June 23rd post). He gives us loads greater than we are used to, giving us a chance to grow. It reminds me that other trials--sickness, financial trouble, losing jobs, and many other problems could be considered loads placed in our way in order to give us more chances to become accustomed to greater loads, thus improving our abilites. So I should be pretty happy that I have this great two-year-old load to help me to become something better than I am.