Pee On The Table, Please!

If you want to see a brief update on Kate and her tests you can read the previous post. This one is more the thoughts that came from her testing.

For one of Kate's tests they filled her bladder with fluid/dye and watched through a big scary machine to see how her bladder and kidneys worked and if there was anything wrong. The very end of the test is that when they take out the catheter they ask the person to
"Pee on the table please." There is no option. Whether you are 7 months old or 55 years old. You must pee on the table. This is so they can watch your bladder expel fluid and whether does that properly, and whether it empties all the way.

Talking to the nurses beforehand they told me it's really hard to do this test on 2-3 year olds because they don't understand. They KNOW they get in trouble for peeing anywhere but there diaper or the toilet. They also know that it's embarrassing to pee on the table. But the mom has to keep them there until they just do what they are told.

I wonder how many times God asks us to do something that we feel is absurd and downright outlandish. How often does God ask us to "Pee on the table, please?" and we say "No, I know that's not what I should do." or we think we know what the consequences of such an action woudl be. How often do we think we know better than God? How often does he keep us in a situation until we just can't "hold it" anymore and break down and "pee"?

I don't really have a good example of this in my life. But part of me wonders if I do. I wish it were as simple as Him just telling me to pee!

Do YOU need to go ahead and just pee on the table? It's just a thought.