• Sep. 21, 2007
No Absolutes

THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES IN THIS WORLD.....except for God and His Word.

How thankful am I for that wonderful fact.

It seems that everywhere I turn, someone is trying to cram their 'absolute' down my throat until I get so full I nearly suffocate.  There are 'absolutes' for raising children, eating healthily ,education, discipline, worship, housekeeping, having children, dressing, etc,etc,etc,etc,etc.

The older and more experienced I get, the more I am drawn back to the Word of God and reminded that it is all I have to measure up to.

That thought offers me such sweet relief and peace. 

I think it all started when I was at college studying education -- I started to take every reasonable-sounding, Christian idea that I felt was right and Biblical, and I tried to apply them as absolutes in my life. No wonder I have spent many, many years being confused. 

I've had such a peaceful few days recently, because I have 'given up' (in a way) and just lived as myself - the myself that GOD created me to be.  This realisation happened by default, really, because I gave up in frustration, only to find the peace as I lived as who God had made me to be.

Now, I realise that my goal as a mother is to discover who I truly am in Christ, so that I can lead my precious children into who they are to be in Christ.

What a challenge...but what an adventure!!

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