Never too old for a "teachable moment"...

I know we haven't really been using this Blog very well, but I do want to change that so here is my second post in a week.
I had a "teachable moment" today with God. Maybe I should say God had a "teachable moment" with me. I know there are probably a lot of these moments that I have that go relatively unnoticed by myself, but this one was right in my face. I love that about God. I wish they were all this evident. So here it is....Jami, "practice what you preach"!!! When Baxley started school we requested, in writing her Kindergarten teacher, and I think we did her first grade teacher , too. Truthfully, I always felt a twinge of guilt about doing it. I felt like I didn't trust God to put her in the class that He wanted her in. So last year I didn't do it.
Well, Blaise starts Kindergarten this year, and we didn't request her teacher. I prayed for God to put her where He thought she needed to be. The class lists were posted today, and she did not get the teacher that I wanted. Well, my first reaction was to to pout and whine and throw a temper tantrum. All of the things that I have punished my girls for going all week. You want to know what God did, He reminded me of a conversation that I had with a friend a few weeks ago. This friend is going through some stuff right now, and I was trying to encourage her. I told her that she had to let go of all the pieces of her life before God could put it together like it was meant to be. Now, when I was talking to her I was amazed at the words as they came to me. It was definitely not my doing, the Holy Spirit helped A LOT. So today in the mist of my fit I heard "you prayed for Me to put her where she needed to be..."
I want so much for God to be in control of my life, and the girls lives, and Na's life, but I was reminded of just how hard it is to let go of everything. I am very thankful for these teachable moments. They show me just how much God loves me, and wants me to grow in to dependence. So, I will try to "practice what I preach"....and look forward to many more teachable moments this year.
BTW Baxley got one of the teachers that I had this year.