So today I was feeding the girls lunch. Esther had a PB&J, a cheese stick, and a big green smoothie. Bethany was having green beans for the first time. Bethany was visibly loving every bite, which meant Esther needed to try some. However, after trying the green beans, she was unimpressed. So she got down and picked out a different jar of baby food and handed it to me. Calmly I said, "that's ok, we already have a jar, and you can share that one with Bethany." To which erupted a huge and loud tantrum... Welcome to the terrible twos Kristy...
It's hilarious and at the same time rage inducing to parent these tantrums. From the fake falls for cuddles, to the world ending screams for raisins; it's tough to know how to best proceed. I guess I'll take it tantrum by tantrum, and love as much as I can. Man it's tough being the adult all the time! lol
Friday, March 15, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Is it Holy?
Boy did Sunday's message hit home for me! I know the Holy Spirit is whispering to my heart, when I start taking notes outside of the pastor's preaching. The message was based on Ephesians 5:1-20, talking about how, as Christians, we are called to be imitators of God. Go ahead and take five minutes and read it! did you know that only 16% of Christians read their bibles daily? and the average Christian has four bibles per household? Read your Bible people! it is one of the ways God speaks to us.
This is a hard passage to digest. As God's holy people, we are called to not even have a HINT of sexual immorality, impurity, or greed, no obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking. What hit me, is that all of these things are in PG13 movies. If i'm not to even hint of these things, should I be watching them? Movies have a way of creeping into our lives. As Christians, should we be guarding our eyes and ears more carefully? I find it ironic that the Church originally condemned movies, and was criticized for being so closed minded. However, now movies have become more crude, sexual, and violent then anyone could have thought.
As Christians, we are to have our lives full of thanksgiving, to be lights in the dark, producing all goodness, righteousness, truth, know and do what pleases the LORD. The question is, what do I need to change in my life to produce these things? Colossians 1:32 calls us to be beyond reproach. I Thessalonians 4:7-8 tells us that if we reject the instruction to live pure lives, we reject God! and God warns us in Revelation 2:4-5, through His warning to the Church of Ephesians, that if they (we) didn't make God their center, He would take away their (our) ability to shine in the world (Kristy's paraphrase).
We are called to live wisely, make the most of every opportunity, to understand God's will, and be filled with the Spirit, and Worship God. If my life does not reflect these things, how can I expect to be a godly role model to my children? If my job is to be a light to my children, what do I need to do in my own heart to shine the brightest? I have a lot to wrestle through, sometimes we forget that we need to hold ourselves to higher standards than the world. In all my actions, I should be asking myself, not "is this ok?" or "is this right or wrong?" but "is this (it) holy?".
This is a hard passage to digest. As God's holy people, we are called to not even have a HINT of sexual immorality, impurity, or greed, no obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking. What hit me, is that all of these things are in PG13 movies. If i'm not to even hint of these things, should I be watching them? Movies have a way of creeping into our lives. As Christians, should we be guarding our eyes and ears more carefully? I find it ironic that the Church originally condemned movies, and was criticized for being so closed minded. However, now movies have become more crude, sexual, and violent then anyone could have thought.
As Christians, we are to have our lives full of thanksgiving, to be lights in the dark, producing all goodness, righteousness, truth, know and do what pleases the LORD. The question is, what do I need to change in my life to produce these things? Colossians 1:32 calls us to be beyond reproach. I Thessalonians 4:7-8 tells us that if we reject the instruction to live pure lives, we reject God! and God warns us in Revelation 2:4-5, through His warning to the Church of Ephesians, that if they (we) didn't make God their center, He would take away their (our) ability to shine in the world (Kristy's paraphrase).
We are called to live wisely, make the most of every opportunity, to understand God's will, and be filled with the Spirit, and Worship God. If my life does not reflect these things, how can I expect to be a godly role model to my children? If my job is to be a light to my children, what do I need to do in my own heart to shine the brightest? I have a lot to wrestle through, sometimes we forget that we need to hold ourselves to higher standards than the world. In all my actions, I should be asking myself, not "is this ok?" or "is this right or wrong?" but "is this (it) holy?".
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