"Come on"
Said "Mom"
and "Make it Snappy"
Get in the car
and try to look "happy"
We're going somewhere
and we need to "get going"
Time is "ticking away"
and shows "no signs of slowing!'
so we got in the car
and my brother was Upset
he'd been playing outside
and he "wasn't done yet"
He was having such fun
and I too was not crazy
about really long car trips
where we are "forced to be lazy"
I remember the trips
to Grandma's house
having to sit in the back seat
"quiet as a mouse"
wondering WHEN we could stop and
"get drinks"
Having too Little to do
And "too much to think"
So I'd think about horses
galloping along
on the rolling plains
as we travelled along
Deep in thought, Interupted
by sounds of my brother
saying "out loud"
to my dad and my mother
"when do we get there?"
and "where are we going?"
I"m hungry and thirsty"
"my boredom is showing"
"oh just settle down"
my Mother would say
We'll get there real soon
and "then you can play"
So we "made up some songs"
and tried "going to sleep'
We tried to be good
and "not make a peep"
but sooner or later
the Journey got long
and we started the whining
"It's taking so Loooooooooooong!"
"quit crying" said Dad
Or I'll give you ""reasons to cry"
so we both shut our mouths
and didn't ask Why!
I think we both thought
we were not "being taught"
but simply just "forced"
to "sit there and rot" 
the lessons of discipline
just "do not make sense"
at the time you go through them
it "seems like a fence"
LIke "something that hinders"
from just 'having some fun"
but you will cherish the outcome
when the discipline's done!
Well we'd stop at a station
and eat and "drink water"
and were told "go to the bathroom"
As we are going "much farther"
Well these lessons "like milk"
strengthened our spirits
Unless we are "stubborn"
and just "didn't want to hear it"
God is so smart!
We can "see his word"
coming alive!
in the things of this world!
As you think about children
and how we should be
As you think about seeds
or becoming "a tree"
as you follow you "Father'
keep remembering "this"
life is not always
"just full of bliss"
But he knows where he's "headed"
He's mapped out the way!
and although it's not all that "fun"
you're "secure all the way"
As your Heavenly Father
He knows "just what to do"
The Journey is simpler
If we just 'let him drive"
and try not to "complain"
or "break out in hives"
But when you have "moments"
just remember he loves you
Have a good cry
His ways are "above you"
You'll get where you're going
You can "have a good chat'
With your heavenly Father
and "sit on his lap'
He loves you he does!
but he won't change for you!
so it's best to find out
What he "wants you to do"
by Laura Grace 11-20-08
Heb 12:5-6
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