Acts 16:32-36
New King James Version (NKJV)
32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
Yesterday I said to you about have a family meeting and do some reclaiming...do you understand this? To me reclaiming is to take back. To take back something that may have been lost....when I look back on my young life, it would have been good if my natural father, would have done just that. But that is a story for another time. For right now I want to tell you a story I heard the other day....
A little girl came home from school one day
and she asked her mother
can I ask a friend to come over to play...
the mother said yes, and the phone calls were made
for the little girl's friend to come over and play.
The day finally arrived and to the mother's surprise...
The little girl asked her a question, oh my...
She said to her Mommy,
Could you please say that you are my step mom,
instead of my mom this day?
Hmmm said the mother
and why oh why?
Cause nobody has a real mom
you see.....
By Rebecca K Smith
Do you see how great our God is? He just gave this to me....Thank you Jesus!
You are welcome!
This little poem or whatever it is called is a true story, and I do not know about you, but this is a very sad take on our society today. So what might you reclaim in your family?
How about starting with your relationship with your spouse? My husband and I have kisses every morning before he goes to work, and hugs as well. And sometimes we do this when I walk into the kitchen in my jammies. My husband gets up at 3:00 to 3:30, has his coffee, takes a shower, eats his oatmeal, and then wakes me with a kiss. It may then take me a minute or two to get my eyes open, but I get up and come and make him his lunch...people say why don't you pack his lunch the night before....I think that sandwiches or whatever, don't quite taste the same when they have sat in the refrigerator overnight. So, I wouldn't want it, what would make me think that he would want this? I set up his oatmeal the night before and that is good enough for the night before. When we still had children living in the house they new this and they saw the love and affection that exists between husband and wife. And this is a really important thing for children to see...of course within reason. Children need to know that their parent's love each other. And that they are on the same page! This is really important too!
I heard something else said the other day between two parents...the father asked the mother, are the children going to go with you? And the mothers response was if they want too. I let them decide. I am sorry, but I don't believe that children should be the ones to decide, we are the parents, not the children. We need to stand up and be parents. And we need to be good and kind and loving to our spouses...not ignorant and arrogant.....oh I see so much of this some days and it makes me feel sick...when a man works very hard for his family and it is not appreciated by the wife/mother and children...grrrr! And what is really sad, this is teaching the sons to be the same way with their future wives and it is teaching the little girl to be ignorant and arrogant to her future husband. Parents, buck up and love each other and do it in such a way that your children can see it! Remember they learn what you teach them and what they see....okay so this is one thing to reclaim!
Another thing to reclaim is your involvement with your children, if your child plays sports, then you need to participate in someway with your child. Be involved in their lives...whether they want you to be or not. I know there were times when I showed up as a chaperon and my daughter was not particularly happy about it, but you know what, she got over it and had a good time. And if I had it to do over again I would have been even more involved. This is so important for a good relationship with our children.
If you aren't sure about how to do this there are plenty of good resources out there to help you learn....take the time to do this, because you are investing in yours and your children's future.
The slippery slope is what you want to avoid and, unfortunately the government these days would be happier if you were totally on the slippery slope and giving up all your rights to everything, but I will not be doing this, I want my family to live according to what the Bible says...after all the Bible has been around a lot longer than has our government.
So reclaim your spouse, and reclaim your children, and have a happy life! Don't let life just happen, be a participant and be an example! Believe it or not, your actions are observed by all that see you...I have been informed that my husband and are the "cute couple." When I first heard this I was a little taken aback, but then I realized that this was an awesome compliment, and I am glad that that is how people see my husband and me. Now I want to make sure that we are the cute couple all the time. (I think I was taken aback because I thought this was a term used for older couples, guess what we are an older couple! It is amazing how things like this creep up on us...)
Well it is 6:40AM and I have a few things to accomplish before I go to church so....Go and be a blessing...
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