I’m sitting here listening to the rain. It hasn’t stopped in hours. Today was my niece’s birthday party, and we also celebrated it for Alek (his 3rd one)! The day was so busy and loud and now there is total quiet. Except the rain.
I’m learning so much every day. How to become a godly husband. Harder than it seems. How to become a godly step-father, even harder! :) But so extremely rewarding. Maybe the highlight today was singing karaoke with Alek and my nieces. We did a very good version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! American Idol here we come! Ok maybe not :)
I love these evenings. Keeping your focus on God is so important as you change and become a part of a family. There was a very scary video at church today, meant to show how the tongue, our words, can be used to bless God and then curse His creations. I feel so blessed to be in a place where I speak encouragement and control my tongue. But it is an overflow of what is going on in the heart. So if I don’t live according to God’s word, and seek Him first and His righteousness, I’m doomed to use my words for hurting. I don’t ever want to do that. It keeps me up. It makes me want to repent for everything that keeps me from being in His presence.
Will be falling asleep thinking about James 3 and asking God to not let me stray from His commands (Psalm 119:10). My relationship with Him, my effectiveness as a husband and step-father, they all depend on His work in my heart. I want to speak truth and love from a heart made holy and righteous by His power, a power that died for our sins and yet couldn’t be stopped, couldn’t be silenced, couldn’t be killed. Amen!
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