Living your faith in real life is never easy and nothing like the wonderful story books we read. It takes a continuous striving, determination, and a frequent willingness to press the reset button to return to the beginning when we go astray.
Our oldest is a deep soul. She thinks in terms of the eternal frequently and asks all new friends she meets about their faith. Most of the neighbor kids on our block have affirmed that they do believe in God, but do not go to church because their families are too busy. One neighbor, she gifted a bible from church. Not a flimsy little paperback bible, but a solid, tabbed, hard-cover, shiny and colorful new bible. Sometimes it is simply amazing to be her mom. She commented how she has been learning that God works all things for His good and He has a purpose and plan for each of us. Maybe, she says, "Maybe we moved so we could share Jesus with people here."
Her reports of the "too busy" reason resonates within me. I often feel too busy. Pressured and strapped for time. The reality is that we all have the same amount of time in a given day, it is simply how we choose to spend that time that is different. I try to remind myself of that whenever I feel like there isn't enough time in a day. God gave us a certain amount of time. How am I choosing to spend it? How are you spending your time?
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