Archives for November 2008

I posted this about a year and a half ago. “Why” questions are good for me to initiate, because my kids tend to keep their questions inside. I’d like to deliberately think of some more questions along these lines. This one is a good question to ask, and I think I’ll ask it again, and see what kind of a response I get. I’ll keep you posted.

Why do we pray for our food? I was reading the Lord’s prayer this morning and asked this question of my children. Here is what I told them:

We tell God thank you for our food because Jesus tells us to pray each day (“this day” “daily bread”) for our needs.

And I’m reminding myself that this is why I must pray each day for wisdom and strength to be the Christian, wife, mom that He wants me to be. Sometimes I forget to ask (evidence of too much self-reliance).

I don’t normally include a lot of external links on this blog. One significant reason is that other than a handful of friends’ blogs, I don’t have much time to spend looking at and reading all the really great links out there.

Tonight my dear husband is away at some training, and I was able to spend some time after the children went to bed listening to this sermon by Al Mohler called “How Not to Raise a Pagan.” It’s a chapel message on Deuteronomy 6, and although it is not anything new, the message is well spoken and challenging.

The Story:

[Jesus said] Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

What’s significant about this passage is that we often think if we believe the right things, we’re like the man building his house on the rock. But that’s not what Jesus says. In fact, you can know all the right Bible verses and still be like the man building a house on the sand. What Jesus says is that a wise person will hear the Word of God and obey it.

It doesn’t matter if you’re just learning about the Bible, or if you’ve grown up hearing it. It doesn’t matter if we understand most of the Bible, or find much of the Bible a mystery. No matter what our background, we are all able to obey what we know, and we all must obey God one spiritual step at a time. God works in all of our lives differently. The lessons He is teaching me, He may not be teaching you. What I’m struggling with might bring a smile because you’re learned through a similar struggle. Regardless of what God is teaching us, we should all be passionate about wisdom. Surely, the application will look different, but the passion will be similar.

Wisdom Wednesday is to encourage us all to deliberately allow the Word of God to change our lives, and encourage others by sharing what God is doing and how.

The Rules:

• I’m going to find a Scripture that I can help either my children or myself put into practice. Today. After I put it into practice, I’ll post the story on a Wednesday.
• If you would like to participate, do the same and write about it on your blog.
• Come back here and leave your link in the comments section on my Wisdom Wednesday post. That way we’ll know where to go.
• If you don’t have a blog, then you can tell your Wisdom Wednesday story on anyone else’s blog in the comments section.
• If you want to see some of my Wisdom Wednesday posts, click here and read posts with the Wisdom Wednesday graphics.

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In honor of several friends with new babies, and several new internet friends with babies, I’m reposting this prayer. Hang in there! This week, I’m on a blog vacation, and am revisiting posts from my archive.

Several of my friends have been struggling with getting enough sleep. Here is a prayer for them:

Lord,

• Use the lack of sleep to remind them to call upon you, to wait on you through your Word. Renew their strength.
• Give them the sleep they need, as you have promised to supply their needs.
• Help them to be diligent to take opportunity in the day to lay aside other responsibilities when possible to rest.
• Give them a love for their children in light of eternity, and a patience for the cares of motherhood.
• Give them the humility to ask for help, if they need it. Remind them that they are not alone in their struggle, and that others are praying for them.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.