This Sunday was the children’s choir performance. They were kids from 2yrs old up to 8yrs old. One of my fabulous friends was thoughtful enough to get video of her daughter and my daughter just happened to be included because she was standing right next to her.
There is nothing better then watching your own child worship Jesus with all her heart!
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It is amazing the things that God can do in our lives. It is incredible to me, that no matter how far off track we get, God always brings us back around to Him. He may do it through bible study, He might do it through our children, He may do it through other people in our lives or He might do it through worship.
Between illnesses in our house and my husband working a lot of hours, our house has been in total chaos. All three kids and Jon were sick for 2.5 weeks. Then Jon had to do a job that required him to be gone for 2 complete days and 1 night (thank God they finished the job sooner then they thought because he was supposed to be gone for 2 nights.) Anyway, because of these things, I immediately just went into survival mode. All I wanted to do was survive and get through the days and everything else certainly went to the wayside.
We missed a couple of Sundays at church and a couple of weeks of Awana. We were not doing devotionals and we were not doing their Awana work. I too, had not been doing my bible study. I knew that we needed to get back to it, but I just didn’t have the energy for it.
A couple of days ago, I read my friend Stephanie’s blog post on something very similar. I realized that I could not wait for the kids to finish being sick or for Jon to not be working such long hours. I could not wait for me to feel rested and energized. I could not wait for that perfect moment. It was me. I needed to make the change. I need to just sit down and do it. I need to quit making excuses. I need to show the kids how to get rid of the chaos that had permeated our lives. And the change is so simple. Take rest with God and let Him take care of it. All I need to do is sit with Him, be in His word, be in His presence and let His love spill out onto my family as well.
This morning was tough to get to church. Jon was again going to be missing so that he could go work. It was my responsibility to get myself and all 3 children to church. I did not want to. It was cold. It was rainy. I was tired. It was dreary. The kids were cranky from staying up late the night before. But as always, God convicted me. He nudged me (okay, He was probably really shoving me.) I thought of Stephanie and she inspired me. If she could make the change, then so could I. I am so thankful that I made the choice to attend church today.
During the first worship song, I prayed. I gave it to God. I asked Him to forgive my disobedience the last few weeks. I asked Him to show me how to get back to my journey with Him; to become ever faithful again. I asked Him to help me bring the Holy Spirit back to the forefront of my families life; to make Him the important one. I lifted my family up to Him and placed us at His feet in order for Him to show us how to do His will.
