Sep. 3, 2008
Responsibility - Part III
Posted in Single Moms as Keepers at Home
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I warned you! This is my soap box, and it's been a long time since I've stood on it -- well unti recently. However, with all the commotion of packing, having not found exactly where I want to pack this, I keep tripping over it, and taking the opportunity to stand upon it. This mornings little vent is about a dual responsibility, shared by us (single homeschooling moms) and the church. Matthew 6:24 says, "No man can serve to masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and espise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." While I know this largely speaks to serving the world and God or money and God, I believe the principle can also be applied to the welfare system. Once we've been pushed into it, and become dependent upon it, there is little room to serve God, while jumping through the bureaucratic hoops that are required of us. So where is our responsibility, to stand firm, for the Lord and to resist being forced into this ungodly alliance with the worlds government. To resist being taken out of our homes and away from our children -- because this is the first thing the welfare system does, as soon as it can possibly get away with it. Our responsibility is, and though this sounds easy, it is not, to live and walk by faith and not by sight. (That was for me more than all of you, this morning.) I'm reaching another crossroad in life, not just with our impending move, but also with my faith. I've walked and lived by faith before, sometimes boldly. Right now, I'm not sure I have enough faith to step out the way I need to and live it. For so long we've been referred back to the welfare system, over and over. We've continually been encouraged to go to the State first, and that the church would fill in any gaps still left. I know in my heart this is wrong, but I've been too sick to fight back. I've been too tired to fight back. Now, I'm feeling as if the Lord would really have me take the stand again, for Him and Him alone, trusting in His provision, totally and completely. As you think of me, keep this in prayer. Also, ask the Lord if you are where He would have you to be. Now, I said there was dual responsibility here, so what is the church's responsibility in this? I believe their responsibility is to step up to the plate, and be the first to help all in need (whether single mom's or others). Not last as a gap filler, but first. The cry for help should be answered by God's people not the world. Needs should be met from within the body not from without. Throughout the scripture God clearly shows that those who oppress the poor, the needy, the widow and the fatherless will be judged, scourged, that the Lord will not let them go unpunished. For my own part, this makes me sad. I would not wish this on anyone, even those who've hindered me. So that's it for now. Maybe today I'll find a place to pack this soap box away, until after we move. Or maybe the Lord will speak to my heart again, and I will need to step upon it. Blessings as Always, MaggieRaye |
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