Procrastination
I should be cleaning and getting ready for Dave, Sarah and the kids to come but... I am pumping, Tobi has been wanting me to hold him all morning, Will is learning new tricks and I have to watch and.... SO. Dave and Sarah may come to a messy house but I know that they won't care. Why is is that we think everything has to be perfect when company, especially family, comes? Is that really how we live? It will get done. It always does.
I have been challenged lately about how we live. We by all means do not live extravagantly but we do live well. There are many times when I am getting things I really don't need and could do something else with that money. Even if it is from Goodwill or a sale at Target, it is still money and I wonder how much that money would add up to over the course of a year, or a few months. I was also convicted about teaching my children the importance of serving others and giving up things when I myself am not a great example of it. I was talking to Will today about the people who have nothing or very little and how we need to give them some of our things and money for food. I asked him what he would give to some children and he looks at me and say, "they can have my big rock." =) While that is cute I though, hmmm... I think we need to talk about the purpose of giving. Like, where it should come from. The heart. I asked him if he would want someone to give him a rock when he knew they had a lot of toys. He said no. It is a start. We are praying as a family what God wants us to begin giving. As I have been rounding up things I was saddened because I don't even know where I could go to directly give these things to families, and people. I am so involved in my own world that the world outside my door is lost. I can think of many people and places in the "world outside" but how about "my world" here? hmmm... Things are going to be changing a bit.
On another note, we are all doing well. Tobi has been sleeping more at night and WIll is doing VBS this week. He has been memorizing verses each day and he is really good at it. That was also convicting because I haven't been doing this with him. He loves it and we are now going to start hiding God's word in our hearts more often.Being a mom is the most challenging thing to do. It is a constant reminder of my need for Him and a great way for showing the areas that I lack. =) It is also the most rewarding thing in the whole world!!!
I have been challenged lately about how we live. We by all means do not live extravagantly but we do live well. There are many times when I am getting things I really don't need and could do something else with that money. Even if it is from Goodwill or a sale at Target, it is still money and I wonder how much that money would add up to over the course of a year, or a few months. I was also convicted about teaching my children the importance of serving others and giving up things when I myself am not a great example of it. I was talking to Will today about the people who have nothing or very little and how we need to give them some of our things and money for food. I asked him what he would give to some children and he looks at me and say, "they can have my big rock." =) While that is cute I though, hmmm... I think we need to talk about the purpose of giving. Like, where it should come from. The heart. I asked him if he would want someone to give him a rock when he knew they had a lot of toys. He said no. It is a start. We are praying as a family what God wants us to begin giving. As I have been rounding up things I was saddened because I don't even know where I could go to directly give these things to families, and people. I am so involved in my own world that the world outside my door is lost. I can think of many people and places in the "world outside" but how about "my world" here? hmmm... Things are going to be changing a bit.
On another note, we are all doing well. Tobi has been sleeping more at night and WIll is doing VBS this week. He has been memorizing verses each day and he is really good at it. That was also convicting because I haven't been doing this with him. He loves it and we are now going to start hiding God's word in our hearts more often.Being a mom is the most challenging thing to do. It is a constant reminder of my need for Him and a great way for showing the areas that I lack. =) It is also the most rewarding thing in the whole world!!!
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