Going with the flow makes the flow actually go!

I have realized something that has absolutely revolutionized my life. It's called flexibility!
Actually, to be totally honest with myself it is submission to God's good and sovereign control of my life.
The past several weeks, I have struggled every day with figuring out what Jake is up to. He had been sleeping through the night and taking very predictable naps, and then, he started napping very haphazardly. (I can hear some of you now - if you are in charge then you can determine how and when he naps) But see, I disagree. This is not a little boy that is demanding his way - he will just lay in there and talk, or whine, but not necessarily wail or scream. He just simply isn't tired. He also seems hungrier. So we tried the cereal thing. I tried keeping him up longer, waiting till I thought he was really tired. I tried every approach and method I could think of to help Jake nap.
Then, late last week, I gave up. I decided to just watch him and try to read him and follow his cues for when he was tired. And you know what? He is very happy and very content and very healthy and he just doesn't need as much sleep as he used to. He is still sleeping through the night (other than when he was sick) and he is not fussy.
(I remember praying when he was younger and not sleeping through the night that it would be ok if he was awake during the day if God would just please help him sleep through the night - it seems that prayer has been answered)
In my giving up I decided to just go with the flow and the beautiful thing is that life is flowing along so much more smoothly because I am NOT trying to make everything happen on my terms and my way. God is giving grace because I am humbly accepting what He is bringing.
(I Peter 5:5-7) I am learning submission and it allows me to be flexible. It is truly a gift I do not deserve!