I Told You So

Thursday, Sharon came up with her boys to drop them off at her sisters so we could head down to St. George on Friday and move her up to "Zion!!"  Thursday night, to celebrate, Matt and I went and got Slurpees and we watched NCIS.  As each of us finished our drinks, we put them on the end table.  After the show, we all headed to bed.  The next morning I was getting ready and a feeling came over me.  "Go get the slurpee cups and put them in the garbage upstairs."  I ignored the prompting mostly because I was in hurry to get Jeremy off to school and head to work.  So later that day I get a call from Sharon.  The twins had dumped the red  slurpee all over the carpet and she wanted to know where the cleaner was so she could clean it up.  I told her and after I hung up the phone I kicked myself.  I realized that Heavenly Father was trying to prevent that little incident from happening.  Then I thought, "Why?  Why would Heavenly Father care so much about whether or not someone had to clean up the slurpee?"   Then I took it one step further, "How many other tiny, insignificant prompting's have I ignored and how would my life be if I listened to EVERY minor prompting that I had?  Would I be happier?  Have more time?"  The more I thought about it the more that I realized how much Heavenly Father must really love us.  If he can take the time to warn us about a spilled slurpee, why can't I take the time to act on those prompting's?  The next day, we get to St. George and after we settle a little bit, Sharon notices that the wood by her refrigerator is a little warped.  She pulls it out and discovers her water hose became unplugged while she was gone those two days and has leaked all over the kitchen and front room floors.  The next morning, as we were cleaning the cupboards, she was saying that the previous week, she had little prompting's about checking the hose before she left for the weekend, but she didn't listen.  I thought about that some more and then I said, "Yup, and after you ignore the prompting's and pray for comfort, Heavenly Father will give it to you without any hesitation even though you didn't listen to Him."  I realized how much I need to repent and change the way I deal with my little family.  When my children mess up, or don't listen to words of caution and they get hurt, I say "Don't cry, I warned you not to and now you have to deal with the consequences."  I know that because Heavenly Father loves everyone so much, He would never say "I told you so" and He would offer any help that we asked for.  He loves all of us unconditionally and hurts right along with us when we screw up.