We are teaching Joseph how to just sit quietly in a chair. I recently talked to a lady who has done this with her six children. She told me what she does, so I've been trying it out on Jojo. She said, "you'll be amazed!" and I am! Joseph is learning how to sit quietly and it's already been a blessing in several situations.
Of course, he's not perfect at it so we have to practice regularly. If we don't practice, he forgets. We sit him in a chair, any chair that we'd like him to sit in. Then we tell him that he needs to sit quietly and we say, "shh." Then he sits. He watches us and looks around. He sits quietly. He never really knows how long he's going to sit there...so he waits. When he's finished we celebrate that he sat quietly. We say, "well done!" His eyes get bright and he starts clapping. He wants lots of hugs and kisses to celebrate! He loves the celebration!!!!!!! And so do we!
Right now I feel like the Lord is doing the same thing for us. He is helping us to practice the discipline of waiting quietly. It's not that we haven't waited on Him before. It's just that we need to practice or we'll forget. Lately it's as if He is saying, "sit here quietly and wait for me." He sits us down where He wants us to sit. We are watching Him work in our lives as we wait. We don't know how long we'll be waiting for our little girl...so we wait. But we know that when the wait is over there will be a great celebration!! There will be lots of kisses and hugs for her! We just hope that when we're finished waiting He will say to us, "well done!"
Here's a few pictures of Joseph sitting quietly.
Here's a picture of me typing this post with Joseph on my lap. :)
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