Our home internet connection is a fickle and undependable thing. You can only imagine the state of our wifi network. My iPhone needs to update apps at least once a day (yet another sign that I should delete a few, if you ask my husband), which is usually an exercise in frustration.
Crazy as it sounds, God used something as simple as app updates to remind me of a valuable rule of parenting: persistence.
Typically when my apps start to update a message pops up and says Unable to Download Application: Done or Retry? I always hit Done.
If it didn’t work the first time, why would it work the second?
After two weeks trying to update the same app, I finally hit the Retry button. That didn’t work so I hit it again. And again. And again. Until it finished.
You know what? Each time I hit retry, the download didn’t really start over. The status bar jumped to the point it had reached the last time and started from there. Every time it went a little further until finally the download was complete.
This taught me one thing and reminded me of another: I can be more stubborn than my internet connection, and sometimes even if you don’t immediately achieve your desired end result, something is still being accomplished.
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I am thankful for this devotion today. I struggle with my parenting skill. often wonder what I am doing wrong. my daughter who is 15 has depression and she has lately pushed me away. it hurts, I feel rejected… but at the same time remember feeling that at age 15 my mom knew nothing… so I read your devotion and was reminded to keep speaking the truth. always… thank you for this encouragement today! God Bless!!
Those teen years are hard for the child *and* the parent. I pray you’ve had a good and encouraging day with your daughter!
Thank you Dawn! It is so good to know we are not alone in our struggles. Having brothers and sisters in Christ to share in our joys and pain helps make the burden lighter!!
Found you through incourage! Love your blog!
Thank you, Brandy—welcome!
Your downloads are always so beautiful!