Just what the Mama needed to hear.

 

Some the sweetest days of being a Mom is those few years when your babies are giggly and playful, or when they snuggle in deeply onto your lap for a mid-afternoon nap. Or maybe it is that first year when your infant is oh so tiny and new like a helpless bird just out of its egg.
This week I realize one of the best times of being a Mom is when your baby is all grown up and thank you for the things you taught them. Having your child love and appreciate you, as an adult has away of erasing all the hard days and brings all the joyful days to the top. I love being a mom of adult child. There is a true sense of joy to see your child fly on their own, but there is a greater joy in that day when they look back from the clear sky's and thank you for everything with love and affection.
Thank you Becca for truly honoring me in your latest blog post.  Oh What joy you bring me!

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God speaks of honoring your father and your mother a lot in the Bible. It is a commandment. I believe that God's knows by practicing love, obedience, and honor. You will truly understand what it means to love your heavenly Father. This is just another step in growing in our Christian walk. Think of the joy that Jesus has when His child turns to him and thanks Him for all that He has done.
When you feel your self soaring in the clear skies remember to turn back and praise your Father in heaven for all He has done for you!

Exodus 20:12

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¹² “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

 

Matthew 19:19

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¹⁹ honor your father and mother,’^[a] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b]”

Mark 10:19

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¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’^[a]”

 

Ephesians 6:2

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² “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³ “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”^[a]

^{What makes you pout?}

<sup>This week I have been struggling. A friend reminded me that struggling might just be  a nice word for saying, I have been sinning. I am not sure I have been sinning in my  struggle or just tempted to sin. What I do know is that God is deepening my understanding of complaining.

It reminds me of a time when my daughter was little. If she did not get her way she would pout. My husband and I would try to distract her from her naughty anger by saying" Be careful or a bird might land on that big lip and poop on your chin!"As she got older she understood pouting would not change our minds. She would joke "but I the Queen!" and I would say No, you are the princess. I the Queen.

As a parent I really did want my kids to have everything that was good , but not everything they wanted was good. I believe it is the same with God. He  loves us and wants what is best for us.

In my complaining there is a part of myself that wants to been in control of my life, but if God wants what is best for me I should  want His will for my life.

And here I am again, Lord. Working on obedience in my walk with you. I know I think I am in control sometimes, but you are the King, you are  in control of my life. I will try not to pout or complain. Help me remember I am the daughter of The King. Help me to be like a Star in your universe. Amen</sup>

I realize In order to do this I must become less and God needs to become more in my life. I like what our pastor said this Sunday in his message...

It is not that we are sinless, we are trying to "sin less".

Philippians 2:14-15

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¹⁴ Do everything without complaining or arguing, ¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe

Philippians 3:7-11

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⁷ But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. ¹⁰ I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹ and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Philippians 3:12-16

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¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. ¹⁶ Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

Philippians 4:6-9

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⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.