Not sure if you have heard the news or not but a new Power Ranger season debuted this week. Jungle Fury Power Rangers are all the rage at our house but there is only one problem... we don't have cable. Kind of hard to see your most favorite show ever when there is no juice flowing from the cable outlet to the TV. We often can remedy this situation by watching shows on the internet at sites like abc.com and disney.com. So David was excited to look on disney.com and find that Power Rangers would debut on the net. He was so excited that he forgot to check the time and the date! He heard the commercial and thought that the first show wold air on Monday... well he did not pay attention to which Monday! It was Monday the 18th not Monday the 12th like he believed in his little heart. He was very sad to have to wait until the next week but a trip to the grandparent's house made it easier. When we returned Sunday he could hardly wait for the 18th.
So on Monday he sat down at the computer and clicked on disney to find out that the show was NOT on their site! YIKES! another very sad time for him.
BUT that was okay UNTIL we went to our neighbors house to play and Tiffany, the mom exclaimed, "David! Guess what we watch last night!!!??? The new jungle fury Power Rangers!!! It was so awesome!!! " And I could instantly see the tears in his eyes. David began to cry knowing that he had missed out on the first episode. Tiffany was heartbroken to find out she had hurt his feelings so she insisted that David come over on Wednesday to watch the show that they had graciously recorded on their dvr and all the boys could eat popcorn and watch the show. Well, that was a great idea UNTIL her youngest son had to go the doctor unexpectedly and they did not come home until after 5 pm and David had to go to the assisted living home with his dad to minister to the residents there. Whoo! Not a fun time at the West home. Many tears and much sadness.
And then came the best part. Ryan and I were able to see that this was so upsetting to David. That this was a great desire of his heart and that he wanted to see this new show so badly. He had waited days for it to air and at this moment he is still waiting.
Ryan really took care of him and did not get mad at him for being so upset with wanting to see a show about something so trivial. But he shepherded him through the moment realizing that we often have great desires to see things come about in our lives. David was in the right places at the right times waiting on the show to appear but it was not there. He made all the effort for this to happen and it was not happening. It was a great time to share with him that just because we want something so badly, the Lord may have other things for us. Things that are better and that He is working out for our good. Was it okay for David to be sad about missing Jungle Fury Power Rangers? Yes. Was it so hard that he does not have cable? Yes. And was it so difficult because he wanted this so badly and it was not coming about in his timing? Yes.
What we had to do was understand his pain yet not coddle him in this time. We had to help him know that there will be many things that he will want and he will think they are the best thing for him in his life at that time. Yet, the Lord and his timing will bring about good things for David at the time that He has appointed. We must teach him to trust the Lord in all things. We must teach him that he can trust Him for all good things in His life in His timing.
So, here we are on Thursday after the first 2 Mondays of thinking this show would air and he still hasn't seen it. Maybe today will be the day or maybe we will have another lesson in trusting the Lord for his timing.
