Thank You that our hope is in You.
We can be tired and cranky, wearied by the days work and lack of sleep.
Is that part of our training?
Are You training us to be loving when exhausted?
Are You showing us what we are really made of?
Are You training us to absorb more of You in our weakness?
Please give us Your grace and love during this training.
Give us your joy, that no man, no poverty, no fatigue,
no circumstance can take away from us.
Between My Promise of the gift of joy to my disciples and their realization of the joy,
came sense of failure, disappointment, denial, desertion, hopelessness, then
hope, waiting and patiently seeing Me in the dull dark days of trusting when you cannot see.
Joy is as it were your heart's response to My smile of recognition of your faithfulness.
Stop thinking your lives are all wrong if you do not feel it.
Remember you may not yet be joyous,
but you are becoming brace and courage and unselfish thoughts for others are as sure signs of true discipleship as joy. -God Calling
May the God of peace make you complete in every good work to do His will. Heb. 13:21
MARRIAGE
"We thought loving each other would come naturally.
When it didn't we did our fair share of finger pointing for who was to blame.
The early years of marriage can feel like you are in boot camp.
The pain can be intense.
God uses our marital pains and hurts to train us to be truly loving people.
Marriage is clearly meant to be a training ground for the refinement of our character.
It is meant to bring maturity.
He is training us to be more loving and selfless.
CHILDREN
They aren't perfect,
they will make mistakes just like we do,
but are we as parents dealing with the mistakes,
getting the kids the resources they need and helping them to grow in grace?
The point at which you may need to set aside your own dreams and plans is when you don't have enough time to help a child keep his or her faith.
When that becomes the case,
you may need to take time away from a call to leadership and focus your energies on being spiritual leaders to your kids.
There will be other opportunities to lead in an other capacity.
But first you want to be sure that your children are on the way to the finish line. Devotions for Women on the GO
We can be tired and cranky, wearied by the days work and lack of sleep.
Is that part of our training?
Are You training us to be loving when exhausted?
Are You showing us what we are really made of?
Are You training us to absorb more of You in our weakness?
Please give us Your grace and love during this training.
Give us your joy, that no man, no poverty, no fatigue,
no circumstance can take away from us.
Between My Promise of the gift of joy to my disciples and their realization of the joy,
came sense of failure, disappointment, denial, desertion, hopelessness, then
hope, waiting and patiently seeing Me in the dull dark days of trusting when you cannot see.
Joy is as it were your heart's response to My smile of recognition of your faithfulness.
Stop thinking your lives are all wrong if you do not feel it.
Remember you may not yet be joyous,
but you are becoming brace and courage and unselfish thoughts for others are as sure signs of true discipleship as joy. -God Calling
May the God of peace make you complete in every good work to do His will. Heb. 13:21
MARRIAGE
"We thought loving each other would come naturally.
When it didn't we did our fair share of finger pointing for who was to blame.
The early years of marriage can feel like you are in boot camp.
The pain can be intense.
God uses our marital pains and hurts to train us to be truly loving people.
Marriage is clearly meant to be a training ground for the refinement of our character.
It is meant to bring maturity.
He is training us to be more loving and selfless.
CHILDREN
They aren't perfect,
they will make mistakes just like we do,
but are we as parents dealing with the mistakes,
getting the kids the resources they need and helping them to grow in grace?
The point at which you may need to set aside your own dreams and plans is when you don't have enough time to help a child keep his or her faith.
When that becomes the case,
you may need to take time away from a call to leadership and focus your energies on being spiritual leaders to your kids.
There will be other opportunities to lead in an other capacity.
But first you want to be sure that your children are on the way to the finish line. Devotions for Women on the GO
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