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woveninhim
Nov. 4, 2007
An Affirming Word
God had plans for me today. Our Sunday morning was normal. Crazy and hectic. All days are crazy around our house but for some reason Sunday morning seems to be the worst. But God had a plan for me today. The morning was hectic but when we got to church I sat out in the van while the baby took a little nap in his car seat and I read my devotion from Our Daily Bread (titled "An Affirming Word"). The Bible reading came from 1 Corinthians 1:1 -9. And the little quote at the bottom read "We're building up or tearing down in everything we do: Are you on the construction gang or on the wrecking crew?" (Anon)
After this I went inside and heard my husband deliver the message this morning. All week I'd been praying that God would speak through him and open our hearts to the message. I especially prayed this morning knowing what our home was like this morning. God helped him to overcome the morning craziness and deliver a wonderful message from Ecclesiastes 4. Wish I knew how to do all the fancy stuff to tell you where you could find and listen to his sermon, but at this time I'm not sure how to do it. After the sermon we had dinner at church and I got to visit with someone that I hadn't talked much with before. Then I drove the family home, changed clothes, got the girls and we headed back out to church. The women of the church had a retreat about being Godly wives. While I was at the retreat our 7 year old went to play with a new friend and the 5 year old stayed at the church. After the retreat we went and picked the 7 year old up at the friends house. She was unusually quiet on way home. I asked her what was wrong, but she was hesitant to answer. Finally, I got her to tell me the problem. It seems while she was there the friend and her sister got into a little fight and said some words that my daughter knew she shouldn't say. I got a little concerned about what they might have said so I questioned her about it and with reluctance she told me the words were shut-up and stupid. These two little words seem so innocent compared to other words out there and yet they can break a person down.
God seemed to fill my day with a learning about words and how we can use them to encourage others or use them to tear others down. So my prayer for myself and you is Psalms 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."
Until next time.
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Nov. 8, 2007 - Encouraging words