Grocery Shopping. It’s a must but it is also known as “Asking
for toddler meltdowns”. I am sure you
are all too familiar with the scenario.
There I was already having had to take glass honey jars, packets of
guacamole dip, and some odd looking meat from Lucy’s “helping” hands while
trying to gather that weeks groceries. With my patience dwindling and Luke
unfortunately waking up, we headed to check out. Cash registers are my worst
nightmare. Its not the fact that they take my money, but the fact that they have
candy, toys, gum and magazines with perfect looking people!
Luke starts crying. Lucy wants everything on the shelf, and
I just want to be home already. We made it through the checkout process, with
the help of sticker from the cashier, just didn’t make it out of the store.
As we were walking out an older gentleman kindly looked at
Luke and said
“Hi, precious.”.
Lucy being a little
possessive of her baby brother, yells “NO! MY brother!”
The kind man then bent down, eye level with Lucy and said “
Hi, Precious!”
“I’M NOT PRECIOUS! I’M LUCY!
Followed by screaming and tears.
As a mom, I apologized to the man and then manhandled Lucy
to the van. However, as a child of the Father, I wondered how often I act the
same way. All throughout scriptures
the Father tells us that we are precious. We are His children; we are loved,
accepted, and wanted. But for some reason, we forget, and we try to find our
identity in things of this earth. How many times does God tell me he thinks I
am a precious daughter and I yell back,
NO, I am Tama.
Tama is the person I try to become to impress others. I
compare myself to magazines in the grocery. I find my identity so often in
being a Mom, a wife, or as a good friend. I was reminded after hearing Chris
Tomlin’s song, “Good Good Father” and Matthew West’s “ Hello my name is” that
my name isn’t Tama and my identity is not found in what I do. My name is child
of the one true King and I am Loved by God. That’s who I am!
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