Mercy of a mother

As a mother waking up to care for a sick baby overnight, I realized something last night. Lack of sleep wasn't a concern while with her. All I could think of was her health. The mercy mothers have for their kids is unimaginable. Yet I was reminded of the saying by prophet Muhammad(PBUH) who said that God is more merciful to us than a mother is to her child. Sometimes we think He is inflicting us with pain when He is really curing us. Just as we give shots to our babies to heal them and annoy them with a syringe to clean out their nose while the baby does not realize these things are actually done for their good, God can also inflict us with what we call pain or tough times in order to cure us in the long run and remove the dirt from within. We cannot always fully comprehend why we are put in certain situations just as Moses couldn't comprehend why Alkhidr was sinking the people's ship. It was for THEIR own good in the long run. We have limited eyesight and the key is to TRUST, just as our children trust us when we inject them with a vaccine or stuff a syringe up their nose to help them breathe. Perhaps God's inflictions on us will help us breathe in a different manner.