I Heard you...

"I want a lacktop!, I want a lacktop!" Kalel was shouting inside the car asking his dad to buy him a toy laptop from Walmart. His dad said we'll buy it but not just yet.  He would scream and cry impatiently trying to win over his dad. Like most of the kids his age, Kalel has the tendency to be very pushy. He would cry and make a scene until he gets what he wants. His dad is a soft man who gives Kalel whatever he wishes but a hard man as well making Kalel learn something before he gets what he wants.

The laptop was the very thing Kalel wants to have that time.  I always sit next to him and every time he remembers  the laptop, he would shout and cry. I spoke to him but not in a sweet manner.  I told him he has told us a lot of times what he wants and we've heard him clear enough. "You do not have to say it over and over and over and over and over again." I told hm his wailing was annoying me and the more he repeats what he is saying the more unhappy I become. That one more time I hear him ask grumpily for a laptop, the longer he is going to wait to have one. From that time on, he would speak of the laptop only once. Just once to remind us what he wants but never did he cry or wail again pushing us to get it quickly.  His dad got the laptop days ago but gave it to Kalel as a prize for his good behaviour, and only when he has proven he deserved the prize.

Kids of Kalel's age normally do not have good focus, they tend to forget things.  Kalel is an exemption. He remembers and he learns...very quickly. Every morning his dad brings him to school.  He would tell Kalel to go to the bathroom before he goes for a nap. "Tell Mr. Wayne if you need something and tell Mr. Wayne if somebody has hurt you." Yesterday, when he dropped him off to school and starts his daily words, Kalel told him. "Dad, you've told me that a lot of times and I heard you clear enough. You do not need to tell me over and over and over again."  I got blamed for this. :)

What message do I want to relay? Like any father, God listens to us.  He knows exactly what we want even before we ask for it. We have to be patient in asking.  If it is good for us, we'll get it.  If we prove we are deserving, He'll give us.  If we don't receive it, it's not good for us or we didn't prove deserving.  But in whatever way, He never leaves us empty handed.