Wow! What a week. This week, God showed me that He can work even through a power outage. Yes, our entire street lost power due to downed trees from late Sunday morning until late Thursday evening. I’ll be honest, this week was difficult for me to handle. I couldn’t figure out why. I just chose to be “grumpy” and by mid-week, as I spoke to some neighbors, they were feeling the same way. I could have worked with the situation, I just chose not too. The week didn’t feel right, and I didn’t like it. I’m usually a go with the flow, happy go lucky person who smiles through anything. Not this week. However, as the week ended and the lights came on, so did the light in my brain. Come Friday morning, I realized that the schedule I keep every day had not happened all week. I woke up each morning without my routine and felt out of step the rest of the day. (Sometimes this is true with our Godly relationship.) But Friday morning it was all back. It’s what I’ve trained myself to do.
So, after all was said and done I began to ask myself some questions. What routine am I keeping with God? My summer has been busy. Maybe busier than any in the past. We’ve had some great times during the past few months as well as some trials. While God is present in my life and I live for and serve Him where I feel Him leading, I sometimes still try to lead myself. I felt God nudging me closer to him this past week, but I kept resisting. Honestly, I think He finally gave up and sent the PPL trucks our way (lol)! But I can truly say that I understood His nudging today. The light bulb went on this morning and I want Him to lead. I need to resist the urge to lead myself and learn to give up the “rebellion” when I may be uncomfortable of where He is leading me to. I don’t want to miss anything He has in store for me because I know it’s going to be great and awesome!
My second thought is this...What routine do I need to keep in my home? As a wife and mother, God has called me to be a manager of my home. To love and be a helper to my husband and uplift and encourage him as much as possible. To love, train, educate, disciple, and discipline my boys. It’s not always easy, but God will equip us with the tools we need when we trust Him. God has given my husband and me the wonderful responsibility of raising three boys. We do not always make the right call, and our sons do not always do the right thing; but I can see where God is working in our lives as a result of our training.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last: but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. I Corinthians 9:24-27 (NIV)
Our family is in training. We are working toward a prize. One that is eternal. On some days it is a huge challenge. But it’s worth the fight. I know that God will get us through and I want to face each day with Him!
PS...It’s 12:30 Friday afternoon and the power has gone out again. I’ll be listening for His voice today. God bless!
So, after all was said and done I began to ask myself some questions. What routine am I keeping with God? My summer has been busy. Maybe busier than any in the past. We’ve had some great times during the past few months as well as some trials. While God is present in my life and I live for and serve Him where I feel Him leading, I sometimes still try to lead myself. I felt God nudging me closer to him this past week, but I kept resisting. Honestly, I think He finally gave up and sent the PPL trucks our way (lol)! But I can truly say that I understood His nudging today. The light bulb went on this morning and I want Him to lead. I need to resist the urge to lead myself and learn to give up the “rebellion” when I may be uncomfortable of where He is leading me to. I don’t want to miss anything He has in store for me because I know it’s going to be great and awesome!
My second thought is this...What routine do I need to keep in my home? As a wife and mother, God has called me to be a manager of my home. To love and be a helper to my husband and uplift and encourage him as much as possible. To love, train, educate, disciple, and discipline my boys. It’s not always easy, but God will equip us with the tools we need when we trust Him. God has given my husband and me the wonderful responsibility of raising three boys. We do not always make the right call, and our sons do not always do the right thing; but I can see where God is working in our lives as a result of our training.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last: but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. I Corinthians 9:24-27 (NIV)
Our family is in training. We are working toward a prize. One that is eternal. On some days it is a huge challenge. But it’s worth the fight. I know that God will get us through and I want to face each day with Him!
PS...It’s 12:30 Friday afternoon and the power has gone out again. I’ll be listening for His voice today. God bless!
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