Properly Ordered

All members of the home must function in their proper order.  The husband is to be the head, the woman is the heart, and the children are the hope.  God was before all other – He is the beginning of a family.  God created Adam first then the woman.  The husband must  be the head of the home in every aspect of it – Spiritual, Discipline, Debt , Income.  The wife is to honor her husband before her children and the husband likewise.  Without a solid relationship between a husband and wife with open communication and fellowship the unity of marriage is compromised.  A wife must not esteem her children higher than her husband.  In God’s order He gave Adam and Eve children after they had been formed as a couple in His image.  If your children don’t see  the proper order and respect at  home exhibited by  you,  their mother, they will never have respect for their authorities.  Children must have discipline and order.   The wife sets the example through her attitude towards her husband.  If you don’t allow God’s order to reign in your home you are single handedly setting your family up for failure.  God first, husband second, children last.   Outside of home remember   JOY – Jesus first, others second, yourself last. 

Holding It In

How many times have we said something we shouldn't have?  It is so easy for us to speak our minds yet so hard for us to hold it in.   I would like to encourage each and everyone of you to "Hold It In" rather than let it out.  There is much spoken that should just be kept quiet.  The next time we want to speak,  let us first evaluate whether or not it really needs to spoken.  Silence often speaks louder than words.  It is often in the absence of sound that we hear and learn the most.  The more we observe the more we learn and the more effective we can become.

Word of the Day
Silence = The absence of sound; stillness.

Be vewy, vewy quiet.

Serving Thankfully

Are you thankful or whining?  Are you trusting or working?  What is it that compels you to go about your daily business?  Do you get up each morning working for yourself or those around you?  Do you wake up with a "why bother" mentality or are you thankful for another day?  Do you strive for worldly gain or heavenly treasures?   There is so much to be thankful for every single day.  Life is not perfect, nor will it ever be, however that does not give us permission to go about whining over what we think should have.  If you are reading this you are breathing.  That is something to be thankful for.  If you have a computer and internet that is more than many others around the world have.  Don't take what you  have for granted.  Live thankfully every day looking for ways to serve others instead of yourself.  You might just be surprised at the change it will make in your attitude.

Word of the Day
Serving = to be in the service of; work for. to be useful or of service to; help.

 

Minding Your Own Business

I have to step on a soapbox here for a moment.  It is so sad and disheartening that people feel the need to tell others that they do not have the right to have children, in any quantity that they choose.  Circumstances should not determine if a married couple should "try" to get pregnant.  God is the author of life.  God is the finisher of life.  The Bible clearly states that HE opens and closes the womb.  Recently I have been acquainted with these scenarios.  One mother carried her baby to term and then the baby went to Heaven while still in the womb.  God began that life just as He ended it.  Now she is, by God's divine grace, pregnant with LIFE again!  I say good for them for letting God use them as HE deems fit.  Others seem to want to cause controversy.  There is another couple that I know that has been told they should not have children because they are not the most educated or financially sound people!  This is so ignorant.  When God gives life He gives it for a reason.  While that may be hard to accept on all levels, it the definitive truth defined by an infinite God.  In my own situation, people are highly critical of the number of children I have and God forbid I should have more.  I have dealt with this since I began having children.   All I can say is God is great, God is good, God is merciful!  My family has not lacked for one thing EVER.  As a matter of fact, God has provided in abundance.  It is absolutely amazing what God can do when we let Him!
Are you letting God use you to your full potential to which you were called or do you let others opinions affect your decisions?   When you lay down the cross of caring what others think about you and pick up the attitude of caring about only what God thinks, you have taken the first step to living a liberated life.  May I encourage you today to do that which is pleasing unto God and don't worry about what others think?  In the end, you are accountable for you.  'So and so made me do it' is the excuse of a 2 or 3 year old.  It's time to rise above that mentality.
For those of you who feel the need to criticize others decisions - pray for them.  You have no idea why they do what they do and I can assure you it is not done just to spite you.   A true friend supports and never criticizes.  Pray,  don't persecute and for  Heaven's sake, Mind Your Own Business.

Word of the Day
Persecute = to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently.   to annoy or trouble persistently.

 
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;  Matthew 5:44