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Well, it was a Sunday at home today. Trinity spent most of Fri. night throwing up, and wasn't much better on Saturday. Saturday I was supposed to take all the kids and go to a homeschooling conference which would make the house nice and quiet for Mike (for a change!). But obviously I couldn't take a sick kid and Mike had a meeting in the morning, so I didn't want to leave her for the whole day in case she was still barfing. So instead, I took Eden, Aria and Daniel and we went out for breakfast (Lukas stayed home with a friend, the child of one of the men who came for the meeting). By the time we got to Denny's, Aria was making unhappy noises about her stomach. But we went in anyway and ordered some food. She didn't eat anything (Daniel was happy to eat her food and his), and spent the whole time lying on my lap. She drank a few sips of water and it promptly came back up. So two down. (Although I have to say that Eden and I had a great time talking about nothing and everything. I really enjoyed that time with her). On Sunday, I stayed home with the 3 littles and Mike took Eden and Lukas to church. By the afternoon, they were also down for the count with Daniel following soon after. So the Blessing is that Trinity and Aria are much better. Isn't the Lord good to preserve me from having 5 sick kids at one time???
So. Since we couldn't go to church, we decided to invite John Piper to come speak to us via DVD. We have lots of his DVD's. I flipped past S*x and the Supremacy of Christ and settled on "What do I do when I Don't Desire God." We watched an hour's worth to practice sitting quietly (Daniel was rather squirmy but since we were at home I could be more firm with him). Here are some noteworthy quotes from that hour .
"Suffering is not the opposite of Joy. Despair in suffering is the opposite of Joy"
"The Devil has more theologically correct thoughts about God in 24 hours than you do in your whole life. And he Hates him." Correct thoughts about God aren't enough.
"Where do your desires turn when you come home from work and the pressure is off. What's the first thing you want to do? Do you turn on the TV? Your desires show where your heart is, shows what you love best. Do you love you or do you love God?" (that's a paraphrase, not exact quote, i couldn't write with Daniel on my lap!)
His whole premise is that God isn't interested in mechanical service from us, He wants us to be filled with joy as we serve Him. Easier said than done! He said joy in Christ isn't something that just happens, it's something that we have to cultivate and grow and fight for. Sigh. I have a long way to go.
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