I don’t want my
children to forget…. I don’t want them to ever stop living in the legacy of
Faith as they grow so that one day when the Lord calls them to Himself they can
continue to pass on the only Hope that does not disappoint.
Romans 5:5
and hope does not disappoint because the
love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who
was given to us.
I want them to see Him
in the little things: in the way he makes their tummies feel better after a
night of sickness, in the way that He gives them friends to have a day of fun
and fellowship with.
Colossians
1:17
He is before all things, and in Him
all things hold together.
I want them to see Him
in the big things: in the way that He wrote and is writing the story of their
little sister, in the way that He transforms lives and families and hearts. I
want them to know the Living God, the one that is in the details of our lives,
the one that I trust my next step and next breath too. How will they know if I
don’t tell them?
Romans
11:36
For from Him and through Him and for Him
are all things. To him be the glory Forever! Amen
Today, I had the gift
to go to Bible study this morning and sit around a table with some sweet
sisters, whom I have grown to love and adore through the years. We were studying
on Gideon and how at the beginning of his story he was a fearful man, timid and
unaware of the great calling on his life by the Lord. But he does end up
listening and obeying and following God and he is victorious in battles and his
whole demeanor changes. However…. As the story goes on….he forgets. He forgets
who has given Him this great calling and who should receive all of the glory
and soon other things creep into his life that demand his heart and those other
things, don’t deserve it and don’t have a place but when we forget God and his
goodness and his truths that will be the result. (Judges 8 )
As we sat at the
table, we discussed the importance of the small things and finding Him in the
day to day and in the good so that when the trials and storms come, our
relationship with the mighty God who is in all things and above all things is
Firm and steadfast. If we live under His mighty wings when the Sun is shining
and feel His goodness and protection, then when the rain comes (& it will),
we will know nothing else than our safe home.
Psalm 91:4
He will
comver you with His feather and under His wings you will find refuge; His
faithfulness will be your shield and rampart
I want my prince
charmings to know His faithfulness in the good times and even the hard times.
I was at the mall
recently doing a bit of birthday shopping for my sweet sister and a very glittery
journal was spotted by my glitter
adoring eyes at J.crew. My sweet hubby quickly said, why don’t you “forget”
about it and then it can happen to be in your stocking for Christmas. Well,
that didn’t happen and it made it home with me… it is sooo pretty. I have yet
to write in it… until today…. But after this morning and some great
brainstorming by some wonderful women….. the writing will commence…
This will be my
glittery gratitude Journal…. It will be my altar in what sometimes can feel
like a wilderness to remember God’s faithfulness…. And I am so excited.
Joshua
4:20- 24
And those
twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal. Then
he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: When your children ask their
fathers in time to come saying “What are these stones? Then you shall let your
children know saying Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land for the Lord
your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed
over as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which He dried up before us until
we had crossed over that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the
Lord, that it is mighty that you may fear the Lord your God forever!
I want my boys to see
this out often and to even add to it as they begin to understand the meaning
behind it. I want them to learn to look for Him in all things because He is in
all things and He loves us in a way my mind will never understand, but by being
full of gratitude and looking for Him, I will find Him and my prayer above all
others is that my boys; my greatest kingdom
work, will find Him too.
