Eye Twitching

Lately my left eye has been twitching. I trace the twitching back to the inordinate amount of screaming that has been occurring around my house lately. I am not sure why the trend has swung in this direction, but it is true. I have heard just general weeping and gnashing of teeth, to the more direct, “No Mommy,” and my personal favorite (not), “Stupid Mommy.” Twitch, twitch.

It seems as it is time to leave a public place, my house, a friend’s house that all three of my wonderful blessings must scream. As we have left some public places lately, I have gotten several stares. Twitch, twitch, twitch.

I took my youngest for a run yesterday, he in my jogging stroller, and me sweating behind him. He insisted that he needed to run too. So at the end of my run I oblige. I get him out of the stroller and let him run while I stay a few steps behind. Only I was “too close” to him at first, then he wanted to push the stroller that is bigger than him. When I tried to “help” him steer to keep him out of the street, he screamed. Finally he gutturally screamed, “Uppy MOMMY!” When I calmly explained that I couldn’t hold him and push the stroller, he flipped out. TWITCH, TWITCH, TWITCH, TWITCH.

Another eye-twitching moment

This is the same child who told me I looked beautiful in my t-shirt and running pants that morning.

Oh, but then in the middle of those eye twitching moments God’s word breaks through. “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:6-7

Humble myself. God isn’t going to force it on me. He isn’t standing over me requiring humility or desiring to humiliate me. No His hand is there, over my eye twitching situations waiting for me to humble myself to His will and plan. However He doesn’t just want me to humble myself in His sovereign plan for nothing. He has more for me. He wants to lift me up in due time. In His perfect timing He will lift me up. I do not have to “fight for my rights.” God in His perfect plan at His perfect time will lift me up! Praise Him. Then I have the honor and privilege of giving Him all my anxiety. Why, because the God of all the universe cares about me. A person made of dust, whose life is just a breath out of His, and yet He cares for me.

As I meditate on these verses my eye twitching slows. My anxiety flees to the heavens. I am humbly protected by God’s hand and I know He will raise me up at the right time.

Father God, I fling, I throw, I cast my anxieties on You because you care for me! I thank You for loving me through the eye twitching moments of life. I pray that in the midst of those moments I can humble myself under Your hand, trusting You to handle the situation correctly through me. Thank You that at the right time You will raise me up. In Jesus’ precious name I pray. Amen.

How about you? Any eye twitching moments that you are ready to cast upon God? Tell me about them.

Angela is a stumbling woman in need of God’s scandalous grace. Through faith in Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, she bears the name Christian. She speaks and writes to make much of this God, His only Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit who lives in her. She graduated college with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse. She also obtained her Masters of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies through Knox Theological Seminary.

7 Comments

  1. Daniel Mackey on September 22, 2010 at 7:05 am

    Not getting any sleep when I’m stressed out causes my eye to twitch. We have to find our rest in Him if we want to be twitch free!

  2. treva on September 22, 2010 at 7:41 am

    Your eye twitches are going to help other eye twitchers!!! Just wanted to tell you that I believe the truth you are writing in that book of yours is going to minister to many misled hearts. Press on!! Love you!

  3. Ginger on September 22, 2010 at 8:22 am

    Thanks for sharing! I can relate to the screaming moments (that seem like a new lifestyle) right now. Trying to teach the boys that no one understands them when they scream and it results in the opposite of what they want. Great reminder of God’s hand over me helping me during those moments.

  4. Daniel Mackey on September 22, 2010 at 11:32 am

    Twitch twitch twitch

  5. ET @ Titus2:3-5 on September 23, 2010 at 8:50 am

    I am so there with you! My biggest twitch-inducing behavior? The “stupid mommy” or “I hate you” talk. Man, where do they get that from?! If my husband hears it, he immediately bends them over his knee and informs them that they may not speak to “his wife” that way. Yet they (well, not all – just 2 out of 5, lol) persist. Breathe…

  6. Faith on September 23, 2015 at 12:26 am

    There is a hidden reason behind those eye twitches. Read the post in my blog titled “PROOF OF GOD via Direct Communication.”

    https://deepreality1.blogspot.com

  7. Carol Morales on September 20, 2018 at 5:33 am

    Not getting enough sleep cause I’m stressed out & it causes my eye to twich I need pray to make it stop

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