Samuel’s Teachings

The unseen things of God can be clearly understood by the seen things.

Romans 1:18

When God leaves the room he will be coming back.

Sometimes crying works.

Sometimes it doesn’t.

You can’t always recognize good people and bad people. You have to trust your parent’s judgment.

If you don’t take rest when you should you just become more troublesome for those around you.

God has to change our poopy diapers every day and he usually distracts us while he does it.

Daddy changing Samuel's 1st dirty diaper

When God gives us medicine we should not spit it out. He is just going to give it to us again.

Sometimes we choke a little bit when God gives us harder food to eat.

Eventually… God is going to take the bottle away.

When God leaves us with a sitter for awhile we should do what the sitter says. He knows what is going on and will be right back.

Sometimes when God leaves the room he has only left to prepare something to bring back to us.

Most of the time when we think God is gone he is only 3 feet away watching us from around the corner.

God can tell when you are really hurt and when you are just being fussy. Your cry is different. When you are really hurt he comes, when you are being fussy he may just let you fuss.

Sometimes we pee on God and don’t know it. He doesn’t care anyway.

God wants us to say things that we mean, not just repeat what he says without knowing the meaning.

I have come to the conclusion that having babies is more about the parent than the baby. It is the parent that really grows. That is why babies don’t have a memory for a couple years. God doesn’t want them knowing how stupid parents can be at times.

Most of the time God only wants a smile in return for his work.

 You get quiet and hide when you are doing something wrong.

God will praise you for your accomplishments. After that He will not continue to praise you for nothing.

God likes it when you look for him.

God is always looking for you.

Sometimes the obstacles in your path are there for reason.

Both your mistakes and accomplishments are truly insignificant to his power. His concern is rather the directions your heart is taking you.

I believe the greatest example of how you would run the world if you were God is seen through treatment of your children… because to them you are a god. They have nothing unless you provide it to them whether physical, emotional or spiritual need. From the moment they are born they are helplessly at your mercy. All you must do to ensure their destruction is nothing. The fact that someone interceded at your birth to meet your needs is… itself… a miracle.

1. If you leave them then you would be a god who abandons his creation.

2. If you abuse them then you are a god who creates for the purpose of enjoying the defeat of something that can’t defend itself.

3. If you make fun of them then you would be a god who creates for sport.

Sometimes we do things just to reveal our power, like throw you up in the air. This may cause you to have fear, but it is not done for fear but to show you that daddy is greater than your fear.

A spanking from your dad and a mean bully punching you feel completely the same, but occur for completely two different reasons. If you don’t just trust your dad you run the risk of seeing your dad as the bully.

The proof that you believe is that you do what is said.

Spend some time learning how to ask properly for things. God will give them to you faster when you do this. Just pushing his hand in some general direction and getting mad is usually unproductive.

The chocolate shakes are not the problem. They were made for you to enjoy. But you cannot eat only chocolate shakes and eating too many of them will make you sick.

 

It is easy to become jealous of someone with a toy who is happy. You want to take it from them… not because you want the toy, but because you want the happiness. If you can have the happiness without the toy then nothing can ever make you insecure.  

 

When I pray I must make sure that it is even in line with my will as much as it is God's. God doesn’t answer prayer sometimes because our prayer isn’t even really in line with what we truly desire. He is not sitting around making us “guess” what His will is until we guess right. He desires to grant us things in our heart. The problem is that we don’t even really know what is in our heart. I have no problem granting Samuel something that he requests but I am going to make sure that he really desires it before I even attempt to provide the thing that he desires.

If Samuel wants to ask something “in my name” he is simply asking for something that I would ask for him. This is praying in Jesus' name. Basically, this means: Am I praying as Daddy would pray?

If God is giving more attention to a different child it does not mean that He loves us less. It simply means the other child needs the attention for reasons we cannot determine.

Most of our life is simply learning how to talk and walk well. I am still learning this process myself.

I play “open door… close door” with God more than I should.

There is nothing you really want in the toilet. Stop trying to get in there.  

Sometimes we learn how much we can handle by stuffing too much in our mouth.

Being placed in the bouncer appears wasteful, but has a purpose. It does not mean that God doesn't want to be with us.

The fancy things that the world provides us are no match for the simple things that we find laying around our father’s house.

Glorifying our father is glorifying ourselves. In other words, whatever we give Him comes right back to us and usually in better shape.

 

Don’t fight God for the empty bottle. He is just taking it so He can fill it again.

Give God your time and money. It is basically putting it into a savings account for yourself.

I expect Samuel to question my judgment because he lacks the capacity to fully understand what I am doing. I don’t expect him to question my love for him in the decisions that I make.

Samuel and I define things differently. He defines love as carrying him everywhere he goes. I define love as teaching him how to walk. He doesn’t like my definition, but when he sees it he will realize my definition was better.

I may not be able to reach something, but if I can get ahold of my daddy’s hand He can reach it for me… Sometimes He pulls His hand away because I can reach it for myself. I am just being lazy.