What an honor it is to be one of our Holy Lord's servants. He wants me to be a light for Him. Little ol me gets the great honor of working for our Lord Jesus Christ.
In my Sunday night Bible class we are studying the book, Pray with Purpose, Live with Passion by Debbie Williams. We are studying the Lord's attributes A through Z. Today we talked about our Lord being a Just Lord, King of Kings, and the Lord being our Light in darkness.
A few notes that I don't want to forget:
Help me to be merciful to those that wrong me, just like God has shown me mercy & grace when I screw up.
I don't have to worry about getting vengance...God will take care of the sins of others. I don't have to worry about that. Just let God take care of it.
When I deserve it the least is when He is most merciful.
Micah 6:8 "But he's laready made it plain how to live, what to do, what God is loking for in men and women. It's quite simple: Do what is fair and just to your neighbor, be compassionate and loyal in your love, and don't take yourself too seriously - take God seriously."
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock: His works are perfect, and the way he works is fair and just; A God you can depend upon, no exceptions, a straight-arrow God.
God cares about our joy. He is FAR WISER than us on what will bring us joy!!!
Real joy is found in His service.
We can pray BIG because we have a great big King to listen.
God gave me His children for a season. I must raise them according to His standards, not mine. I must pray to Him to give me guidance.
"We have no light in and of ourselves. He ignited us with His spirit so that we would be light drawing others to Him." Debbie Williams
I take comfort knowing that God lights the path He wants us to take.
When you are kind, gentle, loving in the midst of a difficult situation, you are a Light for the Lord.
Do others see Christ's light in me and glorify God?
Some thoughts I needed to note before I forgot them.
As far as the last question. I hope that one day it becomes as natural as breathing to me to go to the Lord with EVERYTHING. I can feel Him tapping me on the shoulder in the middle of the day saying, "Um, my dear child...how do you expect little Max & Molly to be gentle, kind, loving, show self-control, patient, when most of the day you are anything but those things? You fly off the handle, spank, yell, put them in time out when they probabaly don't deserve it."
I want others to see the Light within me. I am so blessed to feel Him closer and closer to me these past several months.
A few notes on the kiddo front:
Max's new negotiating tool is after I tell him no he says, "Will you think about it momma?" He is so sweet and grown-up and polite about it I have to tell him I will.
Oh and last week I got upset about something....I forget what. I came down the stairs and Max asked me, "Why are you so mad Momma?" About broke my heart.
I'm not sure if I wrote this last time, but when we were coming back to KY from MI, Molly was in the back seat talking to her baby doll. She was grabbing her cheeks telling her "to listen whne I speak to you". Then she turned her doll over and spanked her.
She had a naked tea-party yesterday. That girl is unreal. I can't wait to see what God has planned for her.
Our Maggie is as sweet as can be. She started rice cereal. She is still in the phase of trying to figure out exactly what it is that I am putting in her mouth.
Friday night we spent the evening downtown at the Corbin OctoberFest. The kids had animal balloons made and then we got out our chairs and blankets and watch the Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin movie in the park. It was followed by about 6 episodes of Tom & Jerry. They had a blast and fell asleep on the way home.
I LOVE the small town movies in the park nights. There is just something about it. I just love it!
God just keeps the blessings a flowin'