Training up Children

Training up a child....this is way different than raising kids. Training means that we are to put effort into the development and charater of our children. When you train for something you put as much thought and time into it so that it will produce what you want.
  Training up children is the same way. How do we want our children to behave as adults or even as children? Is it ok for us to just allow our children to do anything they want to do? Is it ok to get them out of trouble because they made a mmistake? Is it wrong to expect them to deal with things themselves?
  If I want my child to act like a young lady or young man , it is my job to show them how to act and not just in public. When children see with their own eyes by our example, they will treat others like they are taught. If the only thing you do is yell and cuss and threaten others, then that is a lesson that will stay with children and will follow them in their lives. They will act the same way. here is a  true story.....
   "One day a little girl about 4 years old was playing with her babydoll. She sat there rocking the baby, feeding it, changed it's diaper then laid it down on the chair. A little while later the little girl picked up the baby, tried to feed it, tried to rock it even checked the diaper.As I sat there in the Doctor's office watching her, I noticed that she was getting upset. The little girl stood up off the floor with the babydoll put it in the chair again harder than she did the first time and said, "Your getting on my nerves!". The mother of this child looked at her and laughed."
   I thought to myself, I know what is going on in that home. This child will grow up to parent like she is being parenting unless her parents change their style.
  It is not ok to always get children out of trouble. I believe the first time a kid makes a mistake that as parents we are to help them but if they make it a habit of doing wrong, let them fix it by themselves. As parents we have to set examples and one of those things wedo not like to do is see our children fall. But unless they get their knees skined then they will never learn a valuable lesson. People fall and get hurt, that is life but what is needed is that as a parent I show my child how much he/she is loved and what is expected of them. It is wrong to always do for your child. How will they ever learn to deal with the world if they are never expected to try when they are young? Just something to think about.

Sleepless nights and Prayer

Sleepless nights are the perfect time to pray. There is always a reason that a person cna't sleep. One of them maybe that the Lord has impressed upon you to pray for someone or something in particular. Another reason could be that the enemy does not want you to have the rest you need.

I can remember one time my Papa telling me to pray when I can't sleep. He said it puts you to sleep every time. Well I thougth "Of course it does! Prayer is boring." This was way back in the day when I was not a Christian. It was my Papa's way of wittnessing to me about the love of Jesus Christ even though I didn't know it.

Prayer is such an important part of my life now. I really enjoy talking to my Lord. I have learned to stop and listen too. Even though I am a "talker", I know that God don't care that sometimes I ramble on, He never gets tired of what I ahve to say.

Paul said that we are to be in prayer constantly. Now that don't mean that we are to be on our knees all the time and do nothing else in our life, no, what he is saying is that we are to be in the attitude of prayer. To praise the Lord for no reason at all just to say "I love you Lord" To life His name up in praise. When we are in that attitude of prayer it will come much more easily to pray for a need when we are called upon to pray.

Be ready at all times. Be sure that you can go to the Throne of God and petition Him for things without having to make sure you are clean and ready to go before Him. That is another thing that Paul talked about. Die daily. This means make sure that there is not one sin or thing that stands between you and God. That it all is under the blood of Jesus Christ our Savior.

So the next time you cannot sleep, try praying. God will answer your prayer one way or another, be it that you go back to sleep or that you sit up and post something on the computer that may help someone else in the world.

Answered Prayer

I am so grateful that God answers prayer. He is an awesome God.

My mother was on the list for Senior Housing for the past year. She started out 7th on the list and then Thursday we get a call telling us that there has been an opening. She gets to start moving on the 12th of January. She is so excited.

We have been praying that the Lord make a way for her to get moved from the country to town so she would be closer to her Doctors and things. God moves in His own time. I am glad for that because if He moved in my timing I would just mess it all up.

That praise chorus comes to mind.....God is so good. God is so good. God is so good. He's so good to me.

Being Called To Preach

It is an awesome thing when you finally stop and give in to the Lord when He tells you that he want's you to preach His word. That is what has happened to me this past August.

I have a great Pastor who has let me step behind the pulpit every other Wednesday night to preach the word of God. It is something I never thought I would be doing but that is just what the Lord has me doing.