Green Bean War

I was watching two little kids, a boy (3 years old) and a girl (2 years old) one day. They were having a good time, until lunch-time came. Mom had made green beans and macaroni-and-cheese, my old favorites. I was happy, and the kids seemed happy too. They took one look at the mac n' cheese and were pointing at it, asking for it, with big smiles on their faces. Then the inevitable happened. I opened the lid to the green bean container. I heaped a pile into my bowl, and proceeded to give each of the kids a small helping. The little girl was okay for a while, but the boy didn't even look at his. Mom and I tried to explain to them that if they eat their green beans, they could have some mac n' cheese. That didn't seem to help them much. We finally told them to eat just one more bite of green beans, then they could eat the macaroni. But even that was too much. All we asked was one bite, and they could have their favorite food, with a cookie for dessert. But, no, it was too much to ask. For me, I was used to eating my greens. I ate mine all up, and had 2 bowls of macaroni before the kids finally gave up and left the table. It was sad to see that they thought that mac n’ cheese wasn't worth eating something they didn't like. Good thing I'd learned to eat my veggies a long time ago! Sometimes I act like those little kids. "God, that's too big. Let's just skip that part, and get to the good stuff." I let tiny little things get in the way of having God wants to give me! Why on earth do I have to be so stubborn? Those kids only had to get through 20 seconds of green beans, but they decided it wasn't worth it. They could have even enjoyed the beans like I now do! Trials are not desirable to us. But if that's what God uses to get me to a place where I can enjoy something else even better, what am I waiting for? There's no need to fight God. He knows that the green beans will actually help me, and can even be something l might enjoy, with His help. Praise God for the trials, because through them, He brings us something better.