Sweet William

When William was younger, he was always being wrestled with and thrown around by the older boys (because they could, and he was so sweet, that he let them).
One night, Bill and I were asked to teach a bible study on "Spiritual warfare"...that should have been a warning in and of itself!!!
We left our oldest son, (Ryan) in charge with back-up of the others and Christa.
We got to our friend's house and after being there a while we got a call from home. Ryan said.."William's head went through the window in the family room and he's bleeding"."What should we do"?They were wrestling, and threw him on the couch and the back wasn't high enough...he bounced up and hit the window!
A friend happened to stop by right at that time (and I'm sure she was shocked by all the mayhem and chaos), but she helped calm things down, tended to William and she told me Williiam was okay, after I talked with William and was assured he was doing good my friend Cindy left ( probably ran out the door)!!!
The kids assured us that William's head had stopped bleeding,so Bill just looked at me and said "the window's already broken.........we'll fix it later" We can stay. Those are not the words to say to a worried, scared Momma!!!
The scripture we were studying was from John 10:10 " The thief comes only to steal, kill and devour, but I have come that they may have life and that more abundantly". Bill told me it would be okay, so I calmed down, we ended early, and raced home to take care of whatever we would find! Everything was cleaned up, William was calm and resting,and the kids were all waiting for the bomb to drop....well, the best lesson in spiritual warfare that we have learned is to keep our peace and trust God....It's really hard when we want to "fix things" or be angry ..but we responded instead of reacting and the children in turn responded to us in a positive way!
STUFF HAPPENS! Usually in ways we never expect!
I like to control the children, my husband, EVERYTHING...but, the harder I try, the more things happen that are beyond my control. The Lord has been teaching me (or trying to) Prov.3:5-6..."Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge the Lord and He will direct your steps".
I think the next study I'd like to teach is on Ps. 23... the verse that says "surely goodness and mercy will follow you ALL the days of your life"!!!!
The wonderful part of our story is that God went before us and sent Cindy to minister to all the kids, bring calm and she reassured us.. God really is Jehovah-Jireh (the Lord who provides).Thank you Lord for your protection and blessing in the middle of our muddle!!!!