new discoveries

My momma always said that whatever way we tormented her would come back on us three fold when we had our own children.  There is some truth to that statement.  What I don't think my momma realized was that our negative character flaws are made evident to us through our children. Let me explain.    Malachi 3:1-5 speaks of how Jesus will purify us so that we may bring offerings in righteousness to God.  I believe that the Lord uses simple everyday things to "purify" us into His image.  As the refiner, He wants to see Himself reflected in us.  Likewise, we are instructed in Deuteronomy to teach our children the ways of God in everyday circumstances. We then are likened to the refiner by training our children in righteousness.  The struggles we may be experiencing with a child could simply be a reflection of an area of weakness in our own lives.

Satan is sneaky

I am Second is a very powerful ministry tool I discovered tonight.  It is a very open and real examination of individual lives that have discovered their need for Christ and their decision to completely surrender to Him.  I haven't posted in a while because of my own personal internal battles.  It never ceases to amaze me at how sneaky Satan is at distracting us from Christ.  The scales were removed from my eyes and I discovered that my recent "discontent" was merely yet another way I had been drawn away from the Will of God in my life.  I realized that Satan has been using me as a stumbling block for the vision for ministry in Russia that God has laid upon my husband.  Wow!  and he (Satan) had convinced me that it wasn't my fault we weren't there yet; it was my husband's.  I am so thankful that the Truth of the matter was laid before me tonight in such a powerful way.  I am so blessed to be loved by such an AWESOME GOD!!