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But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life
a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:26-28
I started out this morning reading the Bible like I so often do. My boys were still sleep and my husband was resting before work. These verses in the book of Matthew really stuck out to me. So much so, that I found myself praying to be encouraged to persevere (with a good attitude) and press into Jesus.
My plans were to get my son off to preschool and clean and organize my home and catch up on some well needed loads of laundry.
And then... my oldest son woke with what appeared to be pink eye starting or an irritated eye. I knew today was going to be a sick day for him.
I decided to seize the day and potty train my youngest, AaronMatthew. I had set aside time towards the end of this month to potty train, not intending to potty train this early, but eh. house chores can wait.
Thus, the verse above in Matthew becomes applicable and so does my prayer. I got to become servant of all to my son and gave up almost every waking moment of time today. I get to do it tomorrow and the next day and whatever days and times lay ahead to dedicate it to solely potty training. God knew I was going to need those verses to get me through this day. Its a lot of work and self-sacrifice. I wanted to give up several times but I drew strength from the Lord and my network of people I quickly put together to pray for us and cheer us on.
I pushed liquids with AaronMatthew all day. The more I would get him to drink, the more he would pee.
Many times when I put him on the potty, especially after a piddle, he would get frustrated at me. He cried, yelled, hit and tried to throw a toy car at me. He wouldn't pee for a few minutes while sitting on the potty and would continue to cry. I knew he was holding his pee and he preferred to just find a random place to squat. This is where my prayer this morning for perseverance (with a good attitude) would come in... These fits of frustration happened several times for him today. They would immediately go away once he peed on the potty. I kept a calm and good patient attitude and encouraged him in love and cheered him on.
AaronMatthew did so awesome! He peed 10 times on the potty and my husband got him to poop on the potty. He had 4 big pee accidents. Two of which were my fault because I wasn't paying attention and he piddled 4 times. One time he went into the bathroom, sat on his potty and peed all by himself without me giving him encouragement to do so!! And he is diaper-free tonight. The plan is not to go back to diapers.
