I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
Galations 2:20-21
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Jun. 27, 2009~ To Tear Down or Build Up...That is the Question ~
I have been thinking a lot on the verse that talks about the woman that tears down her own house. It could mean physically but I am assuming it is emotionally.
What would that look like? Oh, I think if we are honest we all know what that looks and feels like...
*The mornings that we wake on the wrong side of the bed and are just crabby to be around-tear.
*When our husbands need some encouragement and we bellow out the honey do list and why hasn't it been finished yet???-tear
* The phone calling the middle of the day from your hubby to see how things are and we instantly start reciting how bad things are.-tear
* Talking on the phone to a girlfriend about your husbands shortcomings, your children's faults--TEAR, TEAR, TEAR
Then we wonder-- Why doesn't my husband take me on dates? Why doesn't he want to spend time with me instead of golfing, working or whatever. Why don't my children bring their friends home? Why don't they want to hang out as a family? Why don't either one of them talk to me?
Why am I so lonely in a house filled with people?
When will we do the simple thing that God has commanded? Love one another. This is not a love like we love (selfishly) but a Christ-like love (selflessly). Those simple words ( put to action) will BUILD, BUILD, BUILD.
So, today, I commit my mouth to only speak words of encouragement. To Rick and anyone else. It will be hard, I will have to pray more, I expect God to move, and change my heart in some areas I may not even realize need some attention.
I am a wife to a man who can do everything (Lovingly referred to as MacGyver), mom of 10 (1 married in, 1 almost married in and one adopted in) and a Nana to 4.
I am all about growing in Christ, family, handcrafts and the art of homemaking. My newest passion is knitting.
We live on a small homestead in NE Washington. Raising pigs, chickens and goats, growing a garden and revamping an older home.
