When Elisabeth was a little girl, she was constantly changing outfits, and dancing around the house.
When she was about three, I could tell she had really taken in our homeschool talk from the day before and the new season of Spring coming upon us!!
On this...the first official day of Spring there was a terrible snowstorm, with freezing temperatures....but what I saw when I entered the family room in the morning??? Priceless!!!
There was Elisabeth dancing around in pure delight singing It's Spring! It's Spring!! .....in her little bikini!
Now, that's faith!!!!!
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
Friday, March 6, 2015
The wisdom of a child!
Years ago, we would load up Vanna White (our sixteen passenger van) for the weekly trip to school.
On these daily trips we would pray. I felt like I was doing a very important thing with the children and helping them to start their day putting God first. We would take some time thanking God, and some time asking for His intervention.
After one time of (what I thought was deeply spiritual prayer)I asked my son Matthew ....who was five at the time, how many children he was going to have when he grew up. He just looked at me with his big blue eyes and said NONE!!!!! They cost too much money!
In that simple reply from Matthew, he taught me how wrong I had been praying! Panic prayers...manipulative prayers and putting the focus on our situation rather than our God....the Sovereign of the universe!
With that simple sentence from Matthew, I saw clearly how I wasn't really trusting God, and I tried to bring Him to my finite circumstances....didn't work as He is infinite....in love, provision wisdom....EVERYTHING!
My praying started changing by my putting the focus on God and not me! I learned how to pray and stand on what God says and not to trust my feelings! I apologized to all my children and am so thankful that my sweet Matthew...a boy of few words..spoke up, told the truth...... and set me free!!!!!
A pastor I respect says it like this
"Don't tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your God is"!!!!!!
Bill Johnson
On these daily trips we would pray. I felt like I was doing a very important thing with the children and helping them to start their day putting God first. We would take some time thanking God, and some time asking for His intervention.
After one time of (what I thought was deeply spiritual prayer)I asked my son Matthew ....who was five at the time, how many children he was going to have when he grew up. He just looked at me with his big blue eyes and said NONE!!!!! They cost too much money!
In that simple reply from Matthew, he taught me how wrong I had been praying! Panic prayers...manipulative prayers and putting the focus on our situation rather than our God....the Sovereign of the universe!
With that simple sentence from Matthew, I saw clearly how I wasn't really trusting God, and I tried to bring Him to my finite circumstances....didn't work as He is infinite....in love, provision wisdom....EVERYTHING!
My praying started changing by my putting the focus on God and not me! I learned how to pray and stand on what God says and not to trust my feelings! I apologized to all my children and am so thankful that my sweet Matthew...a boy of few words..spoke up, told the truth...... and set me free!!!!!
A pastor I respect says it like this
"Don't tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your God is"!!!!!!
Bill Johnson
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