I have confession to make. I didn’t really start the challenge until today. It’s really hard to find time to myself this week, as I’m Playing Single Mum, ie. Darling Husband is still on his way home from Southern Thailand, and I’m home alone with the kids. I wake up with Timmy in the morning, and when they go to sleep at night, I fall into a coma with them. And every moment in between is Mummy Duty.
So, I just read the section about Obedience in the ebook. As I was reading, I started thinking, “Wow, I have a really huge responsibility to be a good example to my kids.” (I’ll also confess that I’m not just praying for my son, but my daughter as well – how can I leave her out? – during this challenge). “I will have to model self discipline and obedience to Christ to them. I need to learn greater consistency and kindness in the way I discipline. I can’t take a moment to let down my guard. If I want them to be obedient, I have to be obedient.”
And then I read the prayer at the end of section:
“Lord, please soften my son’s heart and place the desire within him to obey his parents in the Lord, for this is right. Help him to honor his father and mother, that it may go well with him and that he might live long in the land. And help me to embrace a lifestyle of obedience, so that my life might be an example to him. Give me a new vision for teaching and training my son in obedience. Amen.” (emphasis mine)
So, as I’m praying for my kids, I’m also praying for God to transform me into a Mother that honors the Lord through self discipline, through loving and teaching my kids, through respecting and loving my husband, in my interactions with those outside my home, and in how I take care of my body.
This 21 Day devotional is a lot bigger, a lot more challenging that I ever expected. It’s exciting to think what could happen. It’s also a little scary to realise that I’m being taken apart and put back together, to be a stronger, more beautiful vessel for my God and my King.
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