It happened again. It’s uncanny, the timing of it all. But once again I had a difficult time getting to my Beth Moore Believing God study. And boy was I ready – I’d done my homework, kept up with the reading, filled out my info sheet, my head was brimming with comments – everything!
But the night before, my 2-year-old told me his stomach hurt. So, I did what any mom of many kids does and said, “Oh, I’m sorry.” I helped him get to bed, then I heard the sound that strikes fear in every mother’s heart…I’ll spare the details. But let’s just say that I had lots of laundry to do.
The next morning, he came down very early and climbed into my lap while I typed – and promptly showed me he wasn’t over this virus. (Once again, I’ll spare you the details!)
I was so disappointed – there was no way I could take a sick child to preschool – what if he passed it on to some other child? But once again, the four-letter word came up. BLOG.
“You have to go,” my husband said to me. “You gotta write about it in your blog.”
“But how?”
“I can work at home a while,” he told me. So, when I left the house, he held our son in the rocking chair, listening to him sing, “You are my sunshine.”
Well, once again, it was amazing – seeing how the Word of God works through different people, how it speaks to their hearts. I was in awe!
We didn’t watch a video this week – just talked. (And ate a little chocolate.)
What we talked about was the topic of FAITH. And what struck me most of all is how God gives us each other to be clouds of witnesses. He gave the Israelites a cloud of dust by day and a pillar of fire by night to follow Him. But us – He gives us each other. When I see faith made real in the life of someone else, it strengthens mine.
Here’s a really cool verse: Matthew 15:28. Look it up if you can! A lady in our group pointed out how this verse shows how our faith as mothers can heal our children. Our kids look up to us – they want to know that we’re strong, that we can’t be swayed. We know the truth. In this case, the woman’s faith brought healing to her daughter. What a wonderful thought.
Well, the best we can do as parents is to introduce our children to a relationship with God through our faith. It’s something we can work on a little bit every day — because if they grow up believing Him (not just believing in Him), then they’ll be more likely to follow Him.
I have so, so much to say – but I know you’re busy, and I do tend to ramble. I wish you all a happy weekend, and look forward to telling you on Monday about that hilarious book with those cute little baby bottoms on the cover. (Don’t miss it!)
