When we wean...
Crying and fussing but it always comes too soon. Why do we wean? It is a graduation to the cup. A letting go. There aught not be fuss and fanfare because everyone must do it. But often there is a hanging on to the sucking. Where is my binky? Some children are a. Little more needy of those things than others. Does it mean they will be addictive sorts? Not letting go to anything that they latch onto. Somehow I imagine my Junior carrying a receiving blanket down the aisle for graduation from Highschool. No! I must be firm. It doesn't really mean that. It is an early opportunity to teach that every good and perfect gift comes down from the father of lights. This is in fact a perfect opportunity to say and sing this verse to secure it into their conscious minds as they lament their loss. God is good and is the ultimate comforter and as we let go of these creature comforts for greater freedoms we embrace the ability to comfort others and the ability to walk with God in a greater and more mature way. "Help Lord hat I might sympathize with my child in his maturing and guide him to the God of all comforts! Amen."
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