Thank the Lord for not being content?!
YES! If I were content in my walk with Him right now, I would not be motivated to change and there is so much I need to change.
How thankful I am for a Pastor who preaches from the Word. Straight up, not watered down. I take my notes and am excited about what I want God to do in my life. "Tomorrow is going to be different! We are going to get so much done, I am not going to yell, I will be the example I want to be for my children......" Then, I wake up.
I try to read my Bible and have a little quiet time but it seems like the earlier I try to wake up, at least one of my children wakes up before me. I try to respond differently, but my children do not react in the way I want them to.
Do you see a theme here?
It's all about ME. Years ago the children's choir sang a song called "I Trouble" As much as I hate to admit this, I have been suffering from "I Trouble"!
"I" have to lay down all of my plans and desires. I have to start taking my own advice and live in JOY (Jesus Others Yourself).
I KNOW that this is the only way to true contentment. I know that I will be blessed when I stop putting me first and my desires first. It is not enough to know these things, I must live it! It's time to put my faith in action!
I have been blessed with a godly husband who loves me. I have 6 precious children that I am privileged to homeschool . I have a Pastor who loves the Lord and a church home that desires to do the work of God!
I have been coasting too long. It is time to lay it all down and live for Him.
Hebrews 12:1-3 (New King James Version)
Hebrews 12
(From Biblegateway)
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
Thank you Lord for the hope You have given me to change. Thank You that You are not done with me. Thank You for giving me everything I need to change to be the wife, mom, friend, the Christian You created me to be. And Lord, I thank You for my discontentment and the motivation to more closer to You!
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