My husband and I have been married for 14 years in just a couple of weeks. We have definately had difficulties along the way but nothing that we would consider too traumatic. I think the longer you've been married you will at some point go through your very own "hard time." Last year on New Years Day 2010 I receive one of the worst phone calls of my life and we began the hardest journey as a family we've ever been on. My husband a Police Officer, had been in an accident on his motorcycle at work. I rushed to the hospital with my mom and thus began an incredible journey of now going on 13 months recovery for my sweet husband. He was left with a concussion, broken clavicle, broken and dislocated thumb, broken tibia and fibula and a shattered and dislocated ankle. What I have been struck by through all of this is how in an instant our lives can change. I don't say this to be morbid at all, but I have learned to live every day differently and more intenionally for sure. My husband is blessed to be alive and we believe a walking miracle!! The doctors told us that first week they didn't know if he would be able to do his job again. Well, he IS doing it again. He is still slowly recovering, but quicker than the docotrs thought. Ezekiel 37........read it!! Whatever is going on in your life that seems dried up and dead, claim this verse over it. Be intentional in your prayers, do not pray vague prayers with our God. You pray specific prayers and you claim this passage over them. The Lord can take "dry bones" figuratively or litterally in my husbands case and breathe life back into them. Whether it be a difficult child, a dream you once had,a broken marriage or friendship, or a loved one's health..........the Lord is the Life Breather!!
I was at a women's conference at my church last weekend and one of the leaders in a workshop I was taking said something. I had heard it before but loved the reminder. We as the Mom's and Wives of our homes are setting the emotional/spiritual temperture of our home. Your kids pick up so much more than you realize so we need to be intentional about living every day to the fullest and teach our kiddos to do the same!
I am reading this new devotional called Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.......if you don't have it get it!! It has a small passage for each day. She takes a couple of verses and paraphrases them and words them like Jesus is speaking directly to us. Today's passage is base on Romans 8:31, 2 Cor. 4:18, Gen. 16:13-14 and it says: "I am with you and for you. You face nothing alone-NOTHING!! When you feel anxious, know that you are focusing on the visible world and leaving Me out of the picture. The remedy is simple: Fix your eyes not on what is seen but on what is unseen. Verbalize your trust in Me, the living one who sees you always. I will get you safely through this day and all your days. But you can find Me only in the present. Each day is a preciousl gift from My Father. How ridiculous to grasp for future gifts when today's is set before you! Receive today's gift gratefully, unwrapping it tenderly and delving into its depths. As you savor this gift, you find Me.
Let's teach our kiddos to do this as well. Let's be intentional in giving every day to the Lord and what an example we will be to our children.
Every morning before school the TV is OFF in our house!:) What a thought, huh?!!!:) While the kids are eating and getting dressed and ready to go out the door the TV stays off. But today I was a little more intentional and put on a new worship CD that we just bought. One of the songs is so catchy and I just love the words, and the kids were singing it all the way to school. I think it shall be my new Mantra:) Here are just a few of the words: "Seems that there are times that will never make sense on this side of Heaven. Injustice so intense. Open your eyes now, cuz the worst part is over. IT'S A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY!!
Let's claim this everyday for ourselves and our families!! Let's intentionally live for today!
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