You get me chocolate milk now.

Dr. Rikki Permenter

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Ephesians 3:12

No one tells you when you have kids that lazy Saturday mornings aren’t a thing anymore. Toddlers wake up with the sun and don’t discriminate based on day of the week. Last weekend, around 5:45 (before the sun) my daughter made her way into my bedroom. She walked over to my husband’s side of the bed and used her precious little 2 year old fingers to manually open his eye. She said (in a very much too loud voice) “I open you eyes for you.” Yes, she did. She opened his eyes for him - before the sun was up - and then basically demanded “You get me chocolate milk now.” It wasn’t in a mean tone but more of an expectant one. She knew that she could come into my bedroom and wake up my husband (who loves her) and ask for the desires of her heart and he would provide them - even thought it wasn’t convenient. She wasn’t thinking about convenience - or that the sun wasn’t up. She approached my husband with freedom and confidence.

This is the access we have to God. Do you realize that we have the freedom to walk right up to the throne of God (regardless of what he may be doing) and ask for the desires of our heart with confidence that he wants to give us good things? Take time this week to think on the type of access you have to God. You are his loved child that can sneak into his bedroom in the early hours of the morning with a request. He loves you that much.

Author Bio

Dr. Rikki Permenter, Ph.D., Th.M., is the owner of Bent Tree Counseling in Clinton, La. She is currently a Licensed Professional Counselor - Supervisor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in the state of Louisiana. She is the wife of Cole Permenter, pastor of Bluff Creek Baptist and the mom of Hudson James & Magnolia Ruth, the cutest little girls in Bluff Creek. Interested in counseling or have questions? Check out her website www.benttreecounseling.com.