I know Josh wants us to go into missions. Specifically, African missions (for now--we'll see where we're led as we go!) I have my reservations, but they've been lessening more and more as we continue to start on this journey. And tonight, tonight I was assured by God that we should be moving forward with this "missions thing" as I've been calling it.
You want to know what happened, don't you? I was reading through a devotion in my bible titled "Imperfect Parents". Oh, boy did that hit the nail on the head today! I've felt out of sorts and cranky and quite honestly, irritated with my kids all day. Estelle spent the day blatantly telling me NO to any task, no matter how small. Zeke decided he's not even partially potty-trained anymore and wet himself twice, along with yet another doozy of a mess for me to clean up after naptime. And Norah. Norah has decided she needs to not only have me in sight, but be in my arms and/or have my FULL attention. Or she fusses. Loudly. Not fun for anybody! Anyway...I'm way off track now! {Sorry!}
The devotion I read talked about how David was imperfect--yet was immensely blessed by God. Thank you, Lord for showing me that even a MAJOR biblical figure has imperfections. Now all I need to do is remind myself of that and then take action to change my attitude (which in turn, changes the kids' attitudes)!
After reading, I started writing in my journal and then decided to look back through some of the previous pages, to see if anything jumped out at me after the rough day I'd had with my own children. There were two phrases, from different pastors, at different churches that BOTH led me to feel that Josh and I are following the Lord's will for our lives, no matter how crazy it seems to those around us:
-You have defined yourself short of what God sees you as and wants to do through your life.I was amazed at how connected these two phrases are, and how they calmed my crazy emotions about this crazy adventure we're beginning...I'm definitely attacking that AIM preliminary application tomorrow!
-We are to become the person God chose for us to be, not the person we choose to be.
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