I'm still around. I've been busy but doing well all in all. My health is doing ok. I don't think the hyperthyroidism is completely gone but most of the time I feel pretty normal thankfully and my heart is under 100 most of the time. I've even had it as low as 78 when completely resting! I'm supposed to go back to the doc soon to get my thyroid levels checked again. We'll see where it's at then.
Anyways, I wanted to write about something that's been impressing me lately. I was at my mil's house last Wed. and picked up a little book she had by Ruth Bell Graham about prodigals. In it there was just a little piece that I wish I had in front of me to type out completely. It talked about what my job is as a mom and what God's job is. My job is to love my children, train them, pour myself into them etc... (can't remember them all), and God's job is to convict them, save them, give them unselfish hearts etc... It said that God's part is a miracle as that is not man's natural bent and it's not our job to work the miracle but God's.
This really hit me because so much of the time I think I should be doing God's job. I spend my time trying to convict them and make them feel guilty. I try to make them feel unselfish and can tend to make them feel bad when they aren't being the way they "should be". Instead of acting this way and thinking this way, I've realized that it is my job to love them and yes train them and teach them how they should be, but to not expect immediate change based on what I say. Instead I am to extend more grace and spend more time in prayer so that God can work the miracles in their hearts.
Anyways, I pray that we can rest in faith that God can and will work in our children's hearts and pray that they will respond to his calling. I pray I will be a mom that my children will see has unconditional love and grace for them. God bless!
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• Tue 14 Oct 2008 - Untitled Comment
Elisabeth